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From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To: Will Senn <will.senn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: gnu make and gcc
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Will Senn <will.senn@gmail.com> writes:

> OK. So I installed gcc using pkg install gcc49, but when I did gmake
> on another project's gnu makefile, it fails with 'gmake: gcc: Command
> not found' I tried creating an alias for gcc, but got the same
> error.

If you mean "symbolic link" when you said alias, then yes, that should
have changed the behaviour.

>        Is there some trick to making make think gcc49 is gcc or do I
> need to go create symlinks for all of the gwhatever49 files in
> /usr/local/bin?

CC=gcc
(in the makefile)

The gmake manual (in info) will help you out on these things.

> /usr/local/bin? Which by the way already had gcc48, sheesh.

Something else you installed must have needed gcc. gcc48 is the
currently default version of gcc in the ports system.