Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:08:16 +0200 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Several version of gcc Message-ID: <46ACC980.1040806@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <20070729164923.GB84095@rot26.obsecurity.org> References: <46AC6EEE.8040201@boosten.org> <20070729164923.GB84095@rot26.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 12:41:50PM +0200, Peter Boosten wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Next to the standard gcc there seem to be two others on my system, >> installed as dependencies for other packages. >> >> These are gcc_4.1.3 and gcc_4.2.1, both with a date behind there name. >> >> Since these packages seem to be updated daily (at least once a week) and >> updating these packages take forever, this is becoming quite a burden. >> >> Is there any smart setting in /etc/make.conf that keeps my system from >> eanting to update these? > > I think portupgrade uses HOLD_PKGS, check the docs. Or you could just > delete them if they are unused, they were probably used at some point > to compile something but may be no longer required. > Kris, Thanks for your answer. I did some digging and it turned out that those two different versions of gcc were required by 4 gnustep thingies, and they were required by a program I never used (or tried just once). So I deleted all 7 and now I'm happy :-) Peter -- http://www.boosten.org
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