From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20840 invoked by alias); 1 Oct 2004 16:22:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 20833 invoked from network); 1 Oct 2004 16:22:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO masquerade.micron.com) (137.201.242.130) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 1 Oct 2004 16:22:23 -0000 Received: from mail-srv2.micron.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by masquerade.micron.com (8.12.9/8.12.2) with ESMTP id i91GMYL2026677 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:22:35 -0600 (MDT) Received: from ntxboimbx07.micron.com (ntxboimbx07.micron.com [137.201.80.94]) by mail-srv2.micron.com (8.12.9/8.12.2) with ESMTP id i91GMX0G026655; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:22:33 -0600 (MDT) From: lrtaylor@micron.com content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: Delete old version of g++? Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 16:22:00 -0000 Message-ID: <363801FFD7B74240A329CEC3F7FE4CC40215DC01@ntxboimbx07.micron.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: To: , X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.37 X-SW-Source: 2004-10/txt/msg00006.txt.bz2 That might be possible, but it may not be desirable. It depends on how your compiler is installed, what versions the old and new compiler are, and what OS it's on, among other things. For example if you're upgrading from 2.x to 3.x, then you probably don't want to get rid of your old compiler. The problem is that C++ libraries are not compatible between the two compilers, so if you try to compile a C++ program using your new compiler and use a C++ library built with your old compiler, it's not going to work. It's hard to give a better answer, though, without knowing more about your situation. Thanks, Lyle -----Original Message----- From: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org [mailto:gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org] On Behalf Of Julian Daly Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 9:55 AM To: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Delete old versionof g++? Hello, Is it possible when I have compiled a new version of g++ for my system to only use that new version and that I could delete the old version? Thanks, Julian