Re: Should this be filed as grave? Gcc-2.95
On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 04:46:30PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Package: gcc-2.95
> Depends: gcc (>= 1:2.95.3-2)
>
> Package: gcc
> Version: 3:3.3-2
> ^^^^^^^
>
> I was having a hell of a time recently trying to compile 2.4.20 (machine's
> been flaking since an upgrade to 2.4.21) which fails under GCC3.3. So I tried
> compiling under 2.95 which was... 3.3. Finally had to remove all copies of
> gcc then manually install the Woody version of gcc to get one that matched the
> intent of gcc-2.95.
What you meant to do was to run "make CC=gcc-2.95" instead of make. There
is no need to futz around with the default gcc version; just ask for what
you want.
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- mdz
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