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- From: Jaka Kranjc <smgl AT lynxlynx.info>
- To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:19:27 +0200
On Thursday 27 of August 2009 03:40:04 Peng Chang (Charles) wrote:
> > I'd rather the gcc spell always worked the same. Is there any good
> > reason for not including gmp/mpfr in the gcc spell statically, besides
> > having to recompile gcc when they are updated?
>
> One of the benefit of dynamic linking is that we don't have to compile
> the applications each time the library updates. gcc is a huge and time
> consuming spell while gmp/mpfr are lightweight. Updating gmp or mpfr
> triggers recompiling gcc is not time saving. However, if we decide to
> recompile gcc when gmp or mpfr are updated, it's OK to do so. And
> there's a good reason to do so.
Which is?
> For gcc making use of some updated
> libraries, it may be time to do a sorcery rebuild, including recompiling
> gcc of course.
Gcc has been abi compatible since the 3.4 leap, so rebuilding everything
after
updating gcc is hardly needed.
LP
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[SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive,
Peng Chang (Charles), 08/25/2009
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Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive,
Jaka Kranjc, 08/25/2009
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Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive,
Arwed von Merkatz, 08/25/2009
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Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive,
Arwed von Merkatz, 08/26/2009
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Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive,
Jaka Kranjc, 08/26/2009
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Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive,
flux, 08/26/2009
- Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive, Jaka Kranjc, 08/26/2009
- Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive, Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik, 08/26/2009
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Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive,
flux, 08/26/2009
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Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive,
Peng Chang (Charles), 08/26/2009
- Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive, Jaka Kranjc, 08/27/2009
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Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive,
Jaka Kranjc, 08/26/2009
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Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive,
Arwed von Merkatz, 08/26/2009
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Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive,
Arwed von Merkatz, 08/25/2009
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Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive,
Jaka Kranjc, 08/25/2009
- Re: [SM-Discuss] merged gcc and texlive, Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik, 08/25/2009
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