Re: Compiler confusion
On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 07:03:45AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 09:33:01 -0400
> "Eloy A. Paris" <peloy@chapus.net> wrote:
>
> > Now, what I still wonder is why when I invoke "gcc" things don't work,
> > but when I invoke "gcc-3.3" things do work as expected.
>
> Because 'gcc' is a shell script written by Ben that determines
> whether to specify "-m64" or "-m32" on the gcc-3.x command line
> based upon the conditions I listed to you.
It's actually a Sparc ELF binary on my up-to-date Debian Sid box, but I
get the idea. I understand now, thanks for the explanation :-)
Cheers!
Eloy.-
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