On 12/31/2011 01:34 AM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2011-12-30 17:15:00 -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> No, I mean that packagers can but should not use >> >> Build-Depends: gcc-snapshot >> >> CC = gcc-snapshot >> >> "Don't do that, then." you might say. But not providing a >> /usr/bin/gcc-snapshot wrapper provides people with a reminder to look's >> at README.Debian and not to do that. > > OK. Couldn't the wrapper detect that it is being used by a packager > (e.g. because some environment variable is set by the build process) > and output an error in such a case?
A wrapper will never remind you using the new library paths at runtime. The snapshot package is meant to get early feedback about the development version of GCC, either for a rebuild test, or to easily test for compiler errors on porter boxes. It's not a package meant for regular development. I really prefer to have users either set environment variables or create the wrapper scripts on their own. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
