>> I would be glad if gcc would install itself in the Debian >> alternatives system. gcc-3.0 is quite stable, and I would like to >> test it by using >> it as my standard compiler; as it does not set /usr/bin/gcc (and >> rightly so), I thought it would be really nice to have alternatives.
> gcc-3.0 doesn't use alternatives to make sure that the preferred > system compiler is used when calling 'gcc'. If you want to test Hmmm. This would of course be quite a heavy change in policy and require all pkgs to be adapted: But how about having a system-gcc or debian-gcc that is used by default when compiling with dpkg, thus leaving the 'gcc' executable unused by the Debian system? So, I could have gcc be whatever I use as a developer, but the debian pkg system would still work. just a thought. But perhaps this has been discussed to death before, my apologies if so. cheerio -- vbi -- I sign e-mail using OpenPGP (rfc2440) compliant software.
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