Anthony Metcalf wrote:
> Dale wrote:
>>
>> It's been a while but make sure you have switched to the new gcc and
>> it is working fine before removing the old one. Nothing worse than
>> removing gcc then finding out the new one isn't . . . functional.
>> Sort of fun to fix.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-) :-)
>
> Tell me about it!
>
> Hint: Don't then unpack a stage 3 tarball in / to get a working gcc
> back......
>

True. That would work but I would be doing a fresh install. I suspect
there would be a few orphaned files around after that. Still best to
'test the waters' before diving in on such a critical package. I don't
usually remove mine until all my packages have been rebuilt, just to
make sure.

Dale

:-) :-)
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