On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 02:52:44PM +0100, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > I have installed 3 versions og gcc: 3.3 , 3.4 and 4.0. How do I set the > deafult compiler to 4.0, using the update-alternative command? For some > reason I do not get a choice if I run "update-alternatives --config c > ++". > > Or should I just change the symlinks in /usr/bin by hand?
Many system libraries are buildusing a specific C/C++ ABI and changing the system default without rebuilding all the libraries could lead to trouble. It is much smarter to just tell each compile you do which compiler to use for that specific build using the CC environment variable, or make CC=gcc-4.0 blah or whichever the particular build system needs. Of course if the build script are too broken to allow that, perhaps the author should be convinced to fix them (preferably by including nice patches and all). Or you could start running unstable where gcc-4.0 is the default I believe. :) Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
