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gcc-4.0 package

Missing symlink such as ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 /usr/bin/gcc

Bug #59653 reported by TEN
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gcc-4.0 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Matthias Klose

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gcc-4.0

Most Makefiles etc. expect to find at least /usr/bin/gcc - the gcc packages, however, 4.0 and 3.4 at least in Xubuntu LTS 6.06.1, do not set any such symlink, so the user and/or make will have to figure out the precise path and version number.

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Holger Bauer (umarmung-planet) wrote :

The package gcc provides the symlink. Do you have it installed?

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Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis) wrote : Re: [Bug 59653] Missing symlink such as ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 /usr/bin/gcc

 status Rejected

User error, not bug :)

Changed in gcc-4.0:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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TEN (launchpad-20-ten) wrote :

Actually, no. Pardon my insistence... ;-)

Testcase:

Boot xubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-i386.iso (Live CD will do)

apt-get install gcc-4.0
which gcc

...finds none. Same for gcc-3.4 (and probably others I haven't yet tried).

apt-get install gcc
which gcc

...only now there it is.

So unless one is supposed to install the gcc package in addition to the specific one of any particular version (which then couldn't exactly be called intuitive or clearly documented), I'd say we do have a legitimate report (just for a missing symlink, but then again that's all it ever claimed).

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

if you want to use gcc-3.4 without having gcc installed, just call gcc-3.4, or set CC=gcc-3.4 in your configure script / makefile.

Changed in gcc-4.0:
assignee: nobody → doko
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