On 19 Mar 1998, Rob Browning wrote: > The changelog for egcc claims it's now the standard for Debian. Is > that true? I'm asking because I need it here for other projects, and > I want to know how that can/should interact with building my Debian > packges. > > Is it OK to compile Debian packages with egcs now? Also if egcs is > now the standard, then shouldn't it provide /usr/bin/gcc, or are we > supposed to just stick calling cc? If the latter, then why does the > egcs C++ package provide g++?
My impression is that gcc 2.7.2.3 is standard for normal C stuff, but egcs/eg++ is standard for C++ due to the superior C++ handling. I would like the egcs/g++ package to provide an eg++ symlink though :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
