On 04/29/2018 10:01 PM, Matthias Klose wrote: > On 29.04.2018 21:49, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: >> Hello Matthias, >> >> I want to install GCC 8 and not GCC 7. So installing >> package gcc-x86-64-linux-gnu is not a solution. >> >> I have no clue why you closed the bug. Instead I expect a fix. > > different GCC versions have different APIs and ABIs. They are not handled by > alternatives. Point. There is no fix for your request. > For cross compiling the name of the gcc binary has to end with the letters gcc and not with gcc-something. The prefix has to match the binutils tools prefixes.
So the package is defintively buggy. Best regards Heinrich
