On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 23:38:08 +0100 "Falk Hueffner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It is possible to have various versions of gcc&co installed, > > though none of the packages use the alternative system but > > a couple of unrelated symlinks in /usr/bin. > > Thus, these symlinks get overwritten on every update. > > Symlinks in /usr/bin belong to dpkg; you have no business changing > them. So this is certainly not a critical bug. Ok, what is then the reason to allow multiple versions of gcc if i'm not allowed to change the default one ? > I'm not sure whether gcc should be managed by an alternative; > we already have "cc" as an alternative. I'll leave that for others to > decide. It should, gcc is nothing different than vi or a window manager or a terminal emulation. Attila Kinali