Bug#431014: Why won't you ship /usr/bin/gcc-snapshot?
Package: gcc-snapshot
Version: 20070613-1
Severity: wishlist
README.Debian says:
.-====
| You might also like to use a shell script to wrap up this
| funcationality, e.g.
|
| place in /usr/local/bin/gcc-snapshot and chmod +x it
|
| ----------- snip ----------
| #! /bin/sh
| LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
| PATH=/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/bin:$PATH
| gcc "$@"
| ----------- snip ----------
|
| Make the same for g++, g77, gij, gcj, cpp, ...
`-====
but I see no reason why it couldn't simply be shipped in the package
outright. It's not like it invades anyone's namespace, etc. It would be
also consistent with all other gcc packages, all having the executable named
the same as the package. At least after having tested my stuff with gcc-4.2
in the past, I didn't even suspect gcc-snapshot could be any different until
./configure failed :p I know, it's like driving by memory, but in most
cases like this meeting people's assumptions is nice.
There's little reason to force people to some cut&paste work just to use
this package...
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