Bug#101731: GCC series of packages should properly use the Debian alternatives system
On Friday 22 June 2001 01:23, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:44:36AM -0400, Warren Turkal wrote:
> > I meant only to suggest you reopen it. I didn't want to do it.
> > That is your job. I am sorry about that.
> > If what you say truly makes sense then you better tell the
> > maintainers of jdk1.1-dev and friends to get rid of the javac
> > symlinks in /etc/alternatives because it may cause java stuff not
> > to compile.
>
> That's a different issue. Those Java compilers all actually attempt
> to provide the exact same interface. Gcc 2.95 and 3.0 do not.
That's not totally true. Kaffe has problems with certain code. Each of
VM's (which are also under the alternative system) is slightly
different, but they function enough alike to warrant a system wide
choice for the VM.
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