Joseph Carter writes: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 02:37:31PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > > using dpkg-divert should work even when upgrading the package. > > That's a bit less hackish I suppose than futzing with the symlink > directly, but I still believe /etc/alternatives would be a good thing > here. If you disagree, that's fine, but I'd ask that the gcc symlink move > to gcc-3.0 after woody's release all the same. I've been using it since > the release of 3.0.2 and have had it break only on some #define abuse in > epic and a few things that were clearly broken such as var = var = value > and that like. > > Please consider it, at any rate.
sure, after woody, we will change the default gcc/g++. But probably to gcc-3.1, when this version is released in April 2002. I think it does not make sense to switch to 3.0 in (say February) and then again in April.