Re: Why isn't gcc-2.91.66 (egcs-1.1.2) packaged (for kernel 2.4 builds)
potato dist i386 here. I have:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 68476 Jun 20 2000 /usr/bin/gcc*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60252 Mar 14 22:33 /usr/bin/gcc-2.91.66*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 46968 Apr 4 2000 /usr/bin/gcc272*
# gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.2/specs
gcc version 2.95.2 20000220 (Debian GNU/Linux)
# gcc272 -v
ANYTHING
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.7.2.3/specs
ANYTHING
gcc version 2.7.2.3
# gcc-2.91.66 -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/egcs-2.91.66/specs
gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)
no conflicts here :)
Cheers,
Cristian
On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Neil L. Roeth wrote:
[snip]
> Is the -V option supported under Debian at all? AFAIK, if you install
> another version of gcc it will create a conflict at the package level.
> Is that correct? Maybe we should look into how to support that option
> directly, e.g., by having packages for different versions, e.g.,
> gcc295, gcc291. I've seen gcc272, why not for others? (I suspect I
> may have just brought up a topic that has been rehashed many times
> before, but I haven't seen the discussion, so forgive me if that is
> the case.)
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