Bug#289045: gcc-3.3: gcc packages do not use the alternative system
severity 289045 wishlist
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Attila Kinali <attila@kinali.ch>, 289045@bugs.debian.org schrieb am 06.01.05 23:23:30:
> Package: gcc-3.3
> Version: 1:3.3.5-5
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks unrelated software
>
> It is possible to have various versions of gcc&co installed,
> though none of the packages use the alternative system but
> a couple of unrelated symlinks in /usr/bin.
> Thus, these symlinks get overwritten on every update.
Symlinks in /usr/bin belong to dpkg; you have no business changing
them. So this is certainly not a critical bug.
I'm not sure whether gcc should be managed by an alternative;
we already have "cc" as an alternative. I'll leave that for others to
decide.
Falk
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