From owner-freebsd-arch Thu Oct 25 14:13:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEBBF37B401 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:13:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 8ED2681D06; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:13:14 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:13:14 -0500 From: Alfred Perlstein To: arch@freebsd.org Cc: Lyndon Nerenberg Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20011025161314.O15052@elvis.mu.org> References: <200110250222.f9P2M30H071765@atg.aciworldwide.com> <20011025135249.B80517@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011025135249.B80517@dragon.nuxi.com>; from dev-null@NUXI.com on Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 01:52:49PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * David O'Brien [011025 15:53] wrote: > 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. To me it makes sense, 'cc' is the system compiler, and anything else is what it is, yes, we have gcc installed, but what will/would happen if we were to switch base compilers? -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message