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Colin Watson sent the following message Today: CW> On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 11:09:12AM -0400, Chris Caldwell wrote: CW> > This has only become an issue with the recent gcc-3.3 packages (i.e. CW> > kernel build fails), but I'm concerned that the gcc packaging doesn't CW> > appear to follow the /etc/alternatives standard. Currently (on an CW> > up-to-date Sid system), /etc/alternatives/cc is a reference to CW> > /usr/bin/gcc which is symlinked to /usr/bin/gcc-3.3. Would it not make CW> > more sense to make the gcc versions directly visible to CW> > update-alternatives and dispense with the symlink? CW> CW> See bug #115353 and the seven other wontfix bugs merged with it. CW> CW> > I can work around this using makeflags or changing the symlink, but CW> > this setup just doesn't seem to be the "Debian Way". CW> CW> If you believe in such a thing as the Debian Way, then dpkg-divert CW> surely falls into it. :) CW> I can understand the reasoning - not sure I agree with it. One wonders how much testing of the new gcc releases are done before they become the default compiler installed by apt. In particular, I have been completely unable to build a 2.4.20 kernel with gcc-3.3 and it's not the add-ons that are failing - it is core kernel modules (aic7xxx, old-aic7xxx, core net, and more) - neither make-kpkg or a vanilla make get past resolving dependencies. I haven't used dpkg-divert in the past, but it seems that after the very carefull and prolonged move from gcc-2.95 to gcc-3.2 someone decided to throw caution to the wind and just package the very latest as default. Anyone know what the pre-packaged kernel-images are compiled with? I haven't used one beyond a base install in years. - -- Chris Caldwell Information Systems Coordinator, Enterprise Systems Information Systems and Services, The George Washington University caldwell @ gwu . edu | +1 202.994.4674 (w) | +1 202.409.0878 (c) http://asclepius.tops.gwu.edu | GPG key ID: 0xE52D0BE8 "Formal education can rarely improve the character of a scoundrel." - Derek Bok, Harvard University -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+3JXm1YKAfuUtC+gRAnbdAKDI8SCpxzyjmk8Hkb9S9i1JXsRYnQCfaBMr rNYcB4udcISWyLTgxhV13Fs= =2kbN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
