Re: gcc-3.0 bug

["Andrew 'ashridah' Pilley" <ashridah@pobox.com>]

On Sun, 20 May 2001 11:02:11 +0300 (EEST), Juha Mäkinen said:

> My system is gnu/debian woody ( i.e. "testing" ). I got the gcc-3.0 during
>  the latest upgrade. But when I try to test things with a hello-world type
>  program, I get this
>  
>  gcc-3.0 test.cpp
>  gcc-3.0: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1plus': No such file or
>  directory

you're using the wrong binary to compile c++ applications. 
while gcc-3.0 CAN do it, when given the necessary options, g++-3.0
will do that automatically.

you're probably missing the g++-3.0 package however, as
dpkg -S cc1plus gives me
ashridah@mycrondo:~$ dpkg -S cc1plus
g++-2.95: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.4/cc1plus
g++-3.0: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.0/cc1plus

>  
>  Now, this seems a debian-specific problem to me. 

no. you just need the c++ compiler. you don't actually NEED g++ and 
cc1plus to compile c applications, so gcc doesn't include them, just like
you don't get gcj or any of the other compilers with the gcc package,
they're separate.

>  
>  I repeat, I got this gcc-3.0 during an update/upgrade and auditing the
>  packages gives me a clean bill of health. But, obviously, something is
>  wrong.

if you're ever looking for a file, you CAN join the #debian channel on 
irc.openprojects.net, and type /msg apt find <filename>
it'll usually tell you where the file came from. (it's a bot). don't forget
apt-cache search <keyword> either.

Andrew 'ashridah' Pilley

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