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