Re: update-alternatives and gcc
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 11:09:12AM -0400, Chris Caldwell wrote:
> This has only become an issue with the recent gcc-3.3 packages (i.e.
> kernel build fails), but I'm concerned that the gcc packaging doesn't
> appear to follow the /etc/alternatives standard. Currently (on an
> up-to-date Sid system), /etc/alternatives/cc is a reference to
> /usr/bin/gcc which is symlinked to /usr/bin/gcc-3.3. Would it not make
> more sense to make the gcc versions directly visible to
> update-alternatives and dispense with the symlink?
See bug #115353 and the seven other wontfix bugs merged with it.
> I can work around this using makeflags or changing the symlink, but
> this setup just doesn't seem to be the "Debian Way".
If you believe in such a thing as the Debian Way, then dpkg-divert
surely falls into it. :)
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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