Bug#464623: gcc-4.2: /usr/bin/gcc should link through /etc/alternatives

[Norman Ramsey <nr@eecs.harvard.edu>]

Package: gcc-4.2
Version: 4.2.2-7
Severity: important

Instead of having /usr/bin/gcc link directly to gcc-4.2, it should
operate through the /etc/alternatives mechanism and be controlled by
update-alternatives(8).  This criticism applies equally to all the
other versioned gcc packages, of course.

I'm not sure if this problem actually qualifies as an 'important bug',
but it's a nuisance and /etc/alternatives is clearly appropriate as
recommended in Appendix F of the Debian Policy Manual.


Norman



-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gcc-4.2 depends on:
ii  binutils            2.18.1~cvs20080103-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  cpp-4.2             4.2.2-7              The GNU C preprocessor
ii  gcc-4.2-base        4.2.2-7              The GNU Compiler Collection (base 
ii  libc6               2.7-6                GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1             1:4.3-20080116-1     GCC support library

Versions of packages gcc-4.2 recommends:
ii  libc6-dev                     2.7-6      GNU C Library: Development Librari

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