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Re: How to use libc5-altdev?



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On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Richard Braakman wrote:

> joost witteveen wrote:
> > Install the altgcc package, and do:
> > 
> > PATH=/usr/i486-linuxlibc1/bin  gcc -o file file.c
> 
> It would be good for libc5-altdev to Suggest altgcc.  It's unusual for
> dev packages to suggest a compiler, but I think this is a special case.

gcc recommends libc-dev. altgcc recommends libc5-altdev.
Why do we need special cases? We could just say "Install altgcc".

> Also, should altgcc be in oldlibs?  It's only useful with the dev
> packages in oldlibs, and can't be installed on a pure libc6 system.

What about a new section called olddevel?

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