Excerpts from Philip Brown's message of Wed Mar 16 12:28:44 -0400 2011: > How is "I dont have to think; the tool will do it for me", a "pita > for the user" ??
The do have to think. They need to ensure CC is set properly in the environment. > Err, no... *users* cannot toggle the preference. only sysadmins can. > Thats why its not the best solution. Users in the sense of site admins. Admins control what compilers are available, so it's a good idea to allow them to make the choice. It's also possible, using alternatives to allow both choices if the user (non-admin) wants to install an alternate compiler locally, etc. Thanks -Ben -- Ben Walton Systems Programmer - CHASS University of Toronto C:416.407.5610 | W:416.978.4302 _______________________________________________ maintainers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers .:: This mailing list's archive is public. ::.
