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multiple-version gcc management in gentoo system

I know we can always use eselect to change the compiler version. My question is that possible to bind different version to different users. For example, I would like root to use stable version for sure. and meanwhile, I would like my normal user to use some edge-cutting version.

I expect some clean solution instead of switch manually by using eselect

Thanks

Solution

  • I really hope you're not using eselect for this. eselect-compiler was killed off years ago because it was experimental and had many problems. gcc-config is what you should be using. Unfortunately it doesn't have per-user support like we have for Java. You can always call the specific version explicitly (e.g. gcc-4.6.2 instead of just gcc). If you're building software with autotools then you can do it with...

    CC=gcc-4.6.2 ./configure
make