Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:13:14 -0500 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: arch@freebsd.org Cc: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@atg.aciworldwide.com> Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20011025161314.O15052@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20011025135249.B80517@dragon.nuxi.com>; from dev-null@NUXI.com on Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 01:52:49PM -0700 References: <200110250222.f9P2M30H071765@atg.aciworldwide.com> <20011025135249.B80517@dragon.nuxi.com>
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* David O'Brien <dev-null@NUXI.com> [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
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