On 22.11.19 04:19, Gong S. wrote: > Package: gcc > Version: 4:9.2.1-3.1 > Severity: wishlist > > It seems that the GCC-related packages (`cpp`, `g++`, etc.) have hard > dependencies to one particular version of said programs, so when a new > version of GCC is released and a package depends on `gcc` or `cpp`, I have to > install multiple versions of GCC or CPP. > > I think that a better idea is to: > 1. Make GCC-related packages virtual packages, and make various versions of > `gcc` like `gcc-8` and `gcc-9` provide the `gcc` package name. > 2. Use the debian-alternatives system for the GCC-related binaries, so if a > program only needs to use a compiler, it would use the latest version (or > user-specifies version with `update-alternatives`), and if a program needs a > particular version, it would directly use `gcc-8` or `gcc-9`.
No. GCC versions usually come with different ABIs and APIs in some cases, like having different soversions. Handling different ABIs using alternatives is simply wrong. > Please limit your reply to 7-bit ASCII. > I refuse to see your idiotic emoji in a TTY. Please stop making idiotic requests.
