Bug#897180: Bug#897182 closed by Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> (Re: Bug#897182: gcc-8-x86-64-linux-gnu: Alternatives not set up)

[Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>]

On 04/29/2018 10:01 PM, Matthias Klose wrote:
> On 29.04.2018 21:49, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
>> Hello Matthias,
>>
>> I want to install GCC 8 and not GCC 7. So installing
>> package gcc-x86-64-linux-gnu is not a solution.
>>
>> I have no clue why you closed the bug. Instead I expect a fix.
> 
> different GCC versions have different APIs and ABIs.  They are not handled by
> alternatives. Point.  There is no fix for your request.
> 
For cross compiling the name of the gcc binary has to end with the
letters gcc and not with gcc-something. The prefix has to match the
binutils tools prefixes.

So the package is defintively buggy.

Best regards

Heinrich