Re: What's the status coexistance between egcs and gcc packages?
On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 08:20:37 MST Galen Hazelwood (galenh@micron.net)
wrote:
> The current situation regarding gcc is rather complex.
>
> I had fully intended to make egcc the standard gcc for debian.
> Unfortunately, a lot of people complained. Some of their complaints
> were very serious: after all, egcc still can't compile the kernel
> properly. So for those who wanted an ultra-conservative C compiler, and
> who needed a properly working g++/libstdc++ suite, I built a hybrid
> environment.
>
> The standard C compiler for Debian is gcc, built from the 2.7.2.3
> sources. The standard C++ compiler for Debian is in the g++ package,
> which was built from egcs. The g77 fortran compiler is also an egcs
> product. The standard c++ library package is libstdc++2.8, and all c++
> programs in Debian should be rebuilt to make use of it.
What about gcc 2.8.1 ?
Phil.
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