also sprach Michael Marsh <michael.a.marsh@gmail.com> [2005.05.11.1551 +0200]:
> Well, since the language is C++, it makes sense that the alternative
> is called "c++", not "g++". If you do
The compiler is called g++, and if I have 3.3, 3.4, and 4.0 all
installed, I cannot make the default 3.4 without telling all my
configure scripts to use g++-3.4 (or c++) -- they default to g++.
> it g++, you could always set your own symlink to c++. Actually, that
> might already be done. (I'm at work, where I'm using RHEL, so I can't
> check.)
piper:~> ls -l /usr/bin/{g++{,-3.3},c++} /etc/alternatives/c++
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2005-03-29 14:27 /etc/alternatives/c++ -> /usr/bin/g++*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2005-02-23 00:31 /usr/bin/c++ -> /etc/alternatives/c++*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2005-03-29 14:26 /usr/bin/g++ -> g++-3.3*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 95240 2005-05-07 11:08 /usr/bin/g++-3.3*
piper:~> dpkg -S /usr/bin/g++
g++: /usr/bin/g++
no alternatives system.
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