On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 11:09:12AM -0400, Chris Caldwell wrote: > This has only become an issue with the recent gcc-3.3 packages (i.e. > kernel build fails), but I'm concerned that the gcc packaging doesn't > appear to follow the /etc/alternatives standard. Currently (on an > up-to-date Sid system), /etc/alternatives/cc is a reference to > /usr/bin/gcc which is symlinked to /usr/bin/gcc-3.3. Would it not make > more sense to make the gcc versions directly visible to > update-alternatives and dispense with the symlink?
See bug #115353 and the seven other wontfix bugs merged with it. > I can work around this using makeflags or changing the symlink, but > this setup just doesn't seem to be the "Debian Way". If you believe in such a thing as the Debian Way, then dpkg-divert surely falls into it. :) Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
