Eschew obfuscation.
On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Phil Betts wrote:
For the second problem, perhaps it would also help if the names of the
links in the alternatives directory were a hash of the program name.
E.g.
/usr/bin/gs -> /etc/alternatives/9ad6a289eea9c92be09d3a5a8bc737e6
/etc/alternatives/9ad6a289
Phil Betts wrote:
> For the first problem, I think it would help avoid installation problems
> if the directory contained a simple README file explaining how to
> properly maintain the links, and why manually changing them is a bad
> idea. To avoid looking like just another link, and thus gettin
Dave Korn wrote:
> Sounds more to me like you forgot to use the alternatives program to
> configure the alternatives and have been messing around manually in
its
> private data directories and broken it.
>
> (You're not the first person to do this. For some reason it seems
to
> be a hard-to-r
Vincent De Groote wrote:
>
>
> Help request cancelled.
> The symbolic link was not built properly (I forgot the -s argument)
Sounds more to me like you forgot to use the alternatives program to
configure the alternatives and have been messing around manually in its
private data directories and
Vincent De Groote wrote:
> I changed the /etc/alternatives/gcc to point to /usr/bin/gcc-4.exe
How, precisely? Exactly what command did you use.
> Is there another package to install to make it work, or something else
> to do ?
Nope, it all should work without complications. Does it still
Help request cancelled.
The symbolic link was not built properly (I forgot the -s argument)
Thanks
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FAQ:
Hello,
I had a gcc-3 compiler, and i installed the gcc-4.3.2 package with the
setup program.
I changed the /etc/alternatives/gcc to point to /usr/bin/gcc-4.exe
When I tried to compile a simple hello world program, I have problems
with the system include files:
/usr/include/stdio.h:176: err
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