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packaging.en.html
Log Message:
bring documentation of GCC field up to date
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retrieving revision 1.73
diff -u -d -r1.72 -r1.73
--- packaging.en.html 8 Aug 2005 01:35:52 -0000 1.72
+++ packaging.en.html 7 Sep 2005 04:28:49 -0000 1.73
@@ -2094,14 +2094,20 @@
The allowed values are:
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">2.95.2</tt> (or <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">2.95</tt>),
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">3.1</tt>,
-and <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">3.3</tt>.
-This last is expected to be the GCC-ABI for gcc 3.3 and all subsequent
-versions of gcc.
-The default values for the various package trees are:
+ <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">3.3</tt>,
+and <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">4.0</tt>.
+Our understanding is that the GCC authors intend to stabilize the GCC-ABI
+at some point; we can hope that it won't change again.
+</p><p>
+The GCC field does not have a default value, per se, since it is ignored
+if it is not set. However, for each tree, there is an expected value
+for GCC corresponding to the default g++ compiler for that tree.
+The expected values for the various package trees are:
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">2.95</tt> in the 10.1 tree, <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">3.1</tt> in the 10.2 tree,
-and <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">3.3</tt> in the 10.2-gcc3.3, 10.3, and
all subsequent trees.
+ <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">3.3</tt> in the 10.2-gcc3.3, 10.3, and
10.4-transitional
+trees, and <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">4.0</tt> in the (upcoming) 10.4
tree.
</p><p>
-Note that when the GCC value is different from the default, the compiler
+Note that when the GCC value is different from the expected value, the compiler
must be specified within the package (typically by setting the CC or CXX
flags), and a dependency on one of the (virtual) gcc packages should be
specified.
@@ -2636,4 +2642,4 @@
provided the document and this copyright notice remain complete and
unmodified. Any commercial reproduction and any online publication
requires the explicit consent of the author.</p><hr>
-<p>Generated from <i>$Fink: packaging.en.xml,v 1.81 2005/08/08 01:24:37 dmacks
Exp $</i></p></body></html>
+<p>Generated from <i>$Fink: packaging.en.xml,v 1.82 2005/09/07 04:27:10 dmrrsn
Exp $</i></p></body></html>
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