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["Bearcat M. Sandor" <Sorcerer AT TheDragonsEdge.com>]

Could such a variable system be used to provide those of us with amd 64
bit systems a gradual upgrade path to an all 64-bit system?

Bearcat (who is putting together his amd 64 3000 system)

> Hi everyone,
>
> this is a warning to all users of the devel grimoire.
> GCC 4.0.0 has been released and I'm working on updating it in devel.
> There are again several breakages caused by the gcc update, so this
> won't go to test too soon.
> I'll create a gcc34 spell that installs to /opt/gcc34 similar to gcc2
> and gcc33. Then I'll update the split gcc/g++/... spells to 4.0.0.
> If you don't plan to help testing gcc 4 and are using the devel grimoire
> you should put those split spells on hold.
>
> Another thing I'll add is a grimoire function to switch to a different
> gcc version for the current spell that does what USEGCC2 currently does,
> but for _any_ version.
>
> Attached is a script i've been using for some time to switch the gcc
> version used in the current shell. I've been using it with my local
> gcc40 spell to test some stuff with gcc 4.0 pre-releases, and it works
> fine.
> Basic usage is:
> gcc-env $VERSION
> cast <spell>
>
> $VERSION has to be the compressed form of the version that is used as
> postfix for the install location, i.e. 33 for gcc 3.3.x as the gcc33
> spell installs to /opt/gcc33.
>
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