David Engel wrote: >Thomas Koenig writes: >> David Engel wrote: >> >> $ gcc -bi486-linuxaout hello.c >> >> gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such file or directory >> >> >This isn't a bug. >> >> To change a bug into a feature, it needs to be documented. > >This has been documented for ages.
It has been documented sufficiently that you need the "-V" flag to get a particular version of gcc. It has not been documented sufficiently that you need to specify "-V 2.6.3" to compile an a.out package under Debian. This violates the principle of least surprise. -- Thomas Koenig, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic diagram.
