We introduced that GCC field into fink some time back due to the ABI
incompatibilities between different versions of gcc, when the code in
question was C++ code. The GCC field provided a mechanism for fink
developers to track which packages had compiled code which was
restricted to a
David R. Morrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I thus propose to rename the GCC field, calling it GCC-ABI instead.
Sounds good to me.
There is one place in the fink code where the GCC field is tested,
but that test can easily be rewritten.
Also validator. Three cheers for %obsolete_fields!
Daniel E. Macks wrote:
David R. Morrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I thus propose to rename the GCC field, calling it GCC-ABI instead.
Sounds good to me.
I don't agree, I think that simply ensuring that the documentation states
the use of this field is to list the g++ ABI version, then we should
