Re: Way to switch easily (Was: Re: Egcs, gcc, and Debian)

[Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>]

SirDibos <jwalther@citytel.net> writes:

[snip]

> Have a "switcher" to flip symlinks.  have gcc be a symlink to either egcc
> or gcc, all ov which stay in their own hierarchy.
> 
> For instance, maybe have egcc and gcc.orig in /usr/bin, and gcc be a
> symlink to one ov the two.  Its quick, dirty, but can anyone think of any
> reason atall why it wouldnt work?

You have to be root.

How about an environment variable?  Something like this in /usr/bin/cc:

#!/bin/sh
DEFAULTCC=/usr/bin/gcc
exec "${REALCC:-$DEFAULTCC}" "$@"

where DEFAULTCC can be modified according to which _should_ be the
default.

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		Carey Evans  <*>  c.evans@clear.net.nz

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