Bug#126675: gcc: please honor user's gcc symlink setting

[Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>]

merge 126675 112887
tags 126675 + wontfix
thanks

using dpkg-divert should work even when upgrading the package.

Joseph Carter writes:
> Package: gcc
> Version: 2:2.95.4-9
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> I have changed the gcc symlink on my system to point to gcc-3.0 to help
> work out the kinks with the compiler (I've found only a few) and to make
> use of -march=athlon.  The gcc symlink was reset to 2.95 on upgrade.
> Please consider leaving it be if it points to a working compiler if not
> putting it into /etc/alternatives outright.
> 
> This is of course a wishlist item and is not at all critical to anything
> other than saving me a few keystrokes after upgrading.  =)