Thank you both for the explanations. Have a great weekend.
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Mark Post <mp...@novell.com> wrote: > >>> 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/ > -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
