On 7/9/13 8:02 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > My recollection is that at a particular OS version transition (10.2 -> > 10.3, perhaps), there was a situation where the 10.2 Developer Tools had > a _real_ /usr/bin/gcc which was same version as the 10.3 Xcode compiler > (symlinked to /usr/bin/gcc), but it wouldn't actually build stuff on > 10.3 because of changes in the headers and libraries. The symlink test > was a way to detect that situation, or if Installer.app didn't
oops, too quick on the "send" button. That should have ended with "...or if Installer.app didn't remove the non-symlink /usr/bin/gcc." Actually, come to think of it, this may have been for the 10.3 -> 10.4 transition, since 10.4's Xcode had a "gcc_select" script which swapped the default compilers from gcc-3.3 to gcc-4.0, and my recollection is that it didn't work if the unversioned gcc and g++ executables weren't symlinks. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
