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Re: `make uninstall' and GCC
- From: James E Wilson <wilson at specifixinc dot com>
- To: Sam Lauber <sam124 at operamail dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:36:44 -0800
- Subject: Re: `make uninstall' and GCC
- References: <20050314160518.2E1D9416118@ws5-2.us4.outblaze.com>
Sam Lauber wrote:
The gccinstall info says that `make uninstall' would open
a can of worms. I don't get it. Why?
The same paragraph gives one explanation. Gcc includes shared
libraries. If you uninstall a copy of gcc, then everything compiled
with that gcc will suddenly stop working (ignoring -static for the
moment), which is bad. There are also other possible problems.
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Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com