>>> On 10/22/2010 at 02:54 PM, Mark Pace <pacemainl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to start learning C programming. When I go into yast and search for > a compiler I see these lines. What is the differnce between these 2? > > *gcc43 *The GNU C Compiler and Support Files > *gcc *The system GNU C Compiler
If you look inside the RPMs, you'll see that the gcc package contains _only_ symbolic links: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 21 2009 /usr/bin/cc -> gcc-4.3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 21 2009 /usr/bin/gcc -> gcc-4.3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 21 2009 /usr/bin/gcov -> gcov-4.3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Feb 21 2009 /usr/share/man/man1/cc.1.gz -> gcc-4.3.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Feb 21 2009 /usr/share/man/man1/gcc.1.gz -> gcc-4.3.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Feb 21 2009 /usr/share/man/man1/gcov.1.gz -> gcov-4.3.1.gz The gcc43 package contains all the real binaries, libraries, and man pages to which these symlinks point. I'm guessing (since I didn't participate in the packaging) that this would allow you to have multiple versions of GCC installed, but the default one you get if you just invoke "gcc" or "cc" will be determined by the gcc package. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
