On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 01:45:38AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > At http://master.debian.org/~doko/gcc you find 2.95.3 and 2.97 > packages which can coexist. The gcc-snapshot packages are gone. > > All binaries are installed versioned, the 2.95.3 binaries linked to > the unversioned names. To use the 2.97 versions, configure packages > with CC=gcc-2.97 CXX=g++-2.97 ./configure ... > > Daniel Jacobowitz writes: > > On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 08:25:03PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > > > The packages now installed versioned driver names (gcc-2.95). The > > > plain driver name (gcc) is provided by an alternative. Not sure if > > > this will stay like this or if the driver names should be hardcoded as > > > symbolic links and for each architecture it should be decided which > > > compiler version to use as the default version. > > > > > > advantages for alternatives are: > > > - switching between compiler versions is easy. > > > > > > disadvantages are: > > > - you don't know which compiler was used, when looking for bug reports > > > > PLEASE hardcode it! That's a pretty stiff disadvantage. > > Done. So each architecture has to decide, which one to use as the default.
How is the default setup? With alternatives? Are the alternative priorities set on a per arch basis? -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
