tags 115353 + wontfix merge 115353 112887 thanks marko writes: > Package: gcc > Version: 2:2.95.4-6 > Severity: wishlist > > As in subject: I think that cc and gcc should be provided > through update-alternatives mechanism, so user could > switch between gcc272, gcc-2.95 and gcc-3.0 more easily. > > Eg. use gcc-3.0 for cc but gcc-2.95 for gcc or whatever...
gcc-3.0 doesn't use alternatives to make sure that the preferred system compiler is used when calling 'gcc'. If you want to test gcc-3.0 for a particular package, - use CC=gcc-3.0 CXX=g++-3.0 when configuring/compiling a package - make ~<user>/bin/gcc a symlink to gcc-3.0 and add it to your path
