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#317106: gcc-4.0: gcc should warn or ask before changing /usr/bin/gcc
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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:52:00 +0200
To: "Arne Anka" <arne.anka@gmx.net>, 317106-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#317106: gcc-4.0: gcc should warn or ask before changing
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Arne Anka writes:
Package: gcc-4.0
Version: 4.0.0-12
Severity: normal
gcc should warn or, better, ask before changing the target of the link
/usr/bin/gcc. i lost a half day of work just because /usr/bin/gcc since
the update today in the morning points to gcc-4.0 instead of 3.3 which
broke my library i had to compile. i solely by chance detected this
change.
no. you can either install apt-listchanges, inspecting the packages
you upgrade, or read debian-devel-announce.