Re: Bug#42524: cpp: no /lib/cpp symbolic link

[Alex Romosan <romosan@caliban.lbl.gov>]

Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de> writes:

> romosan@caliban.lbl.gov writes:
>  > Package: cpp
>  > Version: 1:2.95-2
>  > Severity: important
>  > 
>  > the latest version of cpp doesn't provide a symbolic link from
>  > /lib/cpp to /usr/bin/cpp. this breaks a number of programs (xdm
>  > being one of them).
> 
> /lib/cpp depends on /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95/cpp. Does this
> link still makes sense? Or should /lib/cpp a copy of
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95/cpp (not identical to /usr/bin/cpp).
> 

doesn't /usr/bin/cpp end up calling
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95/cpp? anyway, i think /lib/cpp should
be linked to /usr/bin/cpp (still trying to come up with a good reason
why). can somebody explain the difference between /usr/bin/cpp and
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95/cpp?

--alex--

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