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Date:      Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:52:49 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com>
To:        Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@atg.aciworldwide.com>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <20011025135249.B80517@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <200110250222.f9P2M30H071765@atg.aciworldwide.com>; from lyndon@atg.aciworldwide.com on Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 08:22:03PM -0600
References:  <200110250222.f9P2M30H071765@atg.aciworldwide.com>

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On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 08:22:03PM -0600, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> There was a
> related argument as to whether gcc (as a name) should die as well,
> but the argument was made that too many third party packages would
> break as a result.

NO!  There is zero need for this change, and yes many 3rd part things
will break.

> Meanwhile, it has been useful to install different versions of the
> GNU C compiler, and in those cases it has also been useful to call
> them by their real names: gcc and g++.

It also works fine to have them named what I have made them in the ports.

Your email sounds like you have a special (or unusual) need that you are
trying to force upon all of us.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)

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