From: pk@pk.invalid   
      
   Nikos Chantziaras wrote:   
      
   >> My advice is to run the new opensuse 11.0 inside a virtual machine and   
   >> test from there. It comes with gcc 4.3. Or, of course, any other   
   >> distro/live of your choice where you can install gcc 4.3 using binary   
   >> packages. Much less pain imho.   
   >   
   > But not as interesting as this :P  It's a good opportunity to learn   
   > dealing with Gentoo.   
      
   Believe me, you'll have lots of opportunities even without having to go   
   looking for that yourself. However, you are showing a true Gentoo-er   
   attitude :-)   
      
   > Who knows, maybe it will even become my primary system if I like the end   
   > result.  openSUSE might be a damn fine distro (the most stable one I ever   
   > used besides Slackware), but the "click&go"  can sometimes be counter   
   > productive when you need to make changes the developers didn't account   
   > for.   
      
   I agree on this (otherwise I wouldn't use Gentoo).   
   But since you said you want to test your software, I was suggesting using   
   opensuse just for building a (virtual) environment where you could easily   
   compile and test your software with gcc 4.3 without too many problems.   
   After all, if you are a developer, most target systems where your software   
   will run will be binary distros like opensuse, not Gentoo.   
      
   However, good luck with your task of setting up gcc 4.3 in Gentoo! I prefer   
   to wait until it officially gets stable. Remember to check out the Gentoo   
   wiki and the Gentoo forums, as you can usually find good advice there,   
   although not to be taken as official documentation.   
      
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