Actually... That's not quite how it works. The "gcc" binary package comes from the "gcc-defaults" source package, which bundles up the Debian-recommended gcc default for each arch... 2.95 for most, 2.96 for ia64, and 3.0 for hppa.
Pentiumbuilder probably depends on "gcc" to make sure you get a sane default for your architecture. There's nothing stopping you from having the default compiler AND another installed though, and I'm sure you can either futz with pentiumbuilder to make it use a non-default gcc, or provide symlinks in your homedir to make it work. The GCC maintainer(s) (of which I am not one) have made their position pretty clear on this in the past. GCC alternatives are asking for trouble, because maintainer machines may not always be running the default compilers, and things get messy, from a distribution standpoint. ... Adam Conrad (Not a Debian developer, but opinionated nonetheless) -----Original Message----- From: Stuart T. R. Rowan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Rowan Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 7:39 AM To: Junichi Uekawa Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bug#119064: gcc-3.0: gcc should be a `Provides' No it can't - it depends upon the gcc package. the only package which supplies this dependency is gcc-2.95 hence the problem. On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 12:45, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > "Stuart T.R.Rowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum veritate scripsit: > > > gcc-3.0 should provide gcc, then pentium-builder for example would be able > > to be installed on a gcc-3.0 system and as the originarl reporter hinted at, > > its very annoying that /etc/alternatives et al don't properly ask which gcc > > you want as the system default with a debconf style thingie (as I'd expect) > > and on top of this as they mentioned if you only have gcc-3.0 installed then > > there is no 'gcc' command on the system - CRAZY!!! > > What is your point? > > pentium-builder can be installed on a gcc-3.0 system, > can't it ? > > > regards, > junichi > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Junichi Uekawa http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer > GPG Fingerprint : 17D6 120E 4455 1832 9423 7447 3059 BF92 CD37 56F4 > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
