On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 07:03:45AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 09:33:01 -0400 > "Eloy A. Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Now, what I still wonder is why when I invoke "gcc" things don't work, > > but when I invoke "gcc-3.3" things do work as expected. > > Because 'gcc' is a shell script written by Ben that determines > whether to specify "-m64" or "-m32" on the gcc-3.x command line > based upon the conditions I listed to you.
It's actually a Sparc ELF binary on my up-to-date Debian Sid box, but I get the idea. I understand now, thanks for the explanation :-) Cheers! Eloy.-

