Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 12:55:04 -0700 From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@atg.aciworldwide.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: GNU Compiler Symlinks Message-ID: <200110291955.f9TJt40H005077@atg.aciworldwide.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> of "Sat, 27 Oct 2001 22:42:56 %2B0300." <20011027224256.A35705@hades.hell.gr>
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>>>>> "Giorgos" == Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> writes:
Giorgos> In that case, I stand corrected :) If the default will be
Giorgos> to still make a link cc -> gcc (and all their friends,
Giorgos> like c++, etc), then this does not soundn like a bad
Giorgos> idea. Not bad at all.
Just to clarify, I am not proposing that /usr/bin/c{c,++} be
changed in any way. What I'm proposing is (example only):
--- /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc/Makefile 2001/10/29 19:35:26 1.1
+++ Makefile 2001/10/29 19:40:03
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@
.PATH: ${GCCDIR}
PROG= cc
-MAN= gcc.1
+MAN= cc.1
SRCS= gcc.c gccspec.c
+.if !defined(NO_GNU_NAMES)
LINKS= ${BINDIR}/cc ${BINDIR}/gcc
-MLINKS= gcc.1 cc.1 gcc.1 c++.1 gcc.1 g++.1 gcc.1 CC.1
+MLINKS= cc.1 gcc.1 cc.1 g++.1
+.endif
+MLINKS+= cc.1 CC.1 cc.1 c++.1
CFLAGS+= -DDEFAULT_TARGET_VERSION=\"$(version)\"
CFLAGS+= -DDEFAULT_TARGET_MACHINE=\"$(target)\"
NO_GNU_NAMES=true simply disables the creation of links to the
"GNUish" name variants where the GNU tool is installed as part of the
base system This appears to only affect the gcc and g++ commands.
A couple of people have mentioned that the gcc name has become a
defacto standard, so we should just live with it. I don't think that's
true. I've run stable for ages without these links, and the only
breakage was in a couple of ports, and even those have since been
fixed. A more important reason for removing the links is to help with
application portability. If you're using FreeBSD as a primary
development platform for portable applications, not having gratuitous
GNUisms (be they names, or things like awk extensions) makes life
easier.
--lyndon
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