On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 07:46:34PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Colin Watson said: > > They're deliberately not /etc/alternatives links; they're installed by > > the gcc packages, and will be set back to the current links when you > > upgrade. So no, that's probably not such a good idea (unless you fiddle > > with dpkg-divert). > > > > Generally you can set the CC and CXX environment variables to point to > > the compiler you want. > > Or, if you want, apt-get source gcc. You'll get a directory, > gcc-defaults-<ver>. Edit debian/rules for your $ARCH (there are plenty > of examples for various $ARCHs in it). fakeroot debain/rules binary, > and install the debs. It sets up all the symlinks and whatnot for you. > Since this is the way Debian does it, it seems the cleanest, and least > likely to get overwritten.
Only if you bump the version number a bit in debian/changelog and arrange to have the packages put on hold, of course. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
