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Date:      Sat, 27 Oct 2001 00:46:36 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr>
Cc:        Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@atg.aciworldwide.com>, arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <20011027004636.C94651@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011026192933.B16134@hades.hell.gr>; from charon@labs.gr on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 07:29:34PM %2B0300
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On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 07:29:34PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 03:33:13PM +0200, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
> > >Based on this, what do you think about adding a NO_GNU_COMPLER_CMD_LINKS
> > >macro to make.conf? If set, if would prevent the linking of cc ->
> > >gcc and c++ -> g++, freeing up /usr/local/bin/g* for the site to
> > >decide? (And I'm not tied to that horribly long macro name, either.)
> > 
> > I would sooner prefer the other way around.  Have gcc and g++ and have a
> > knob to not create the gcc -> cc symlink. :)
> 
> No please.
> 
> I don't mind having both cc and gcc on my disks, but `cc' is the name
> of the system compiler.  Since our system compiler is gcc, I'd expect
> both links to exist.  Having a compiled named gcc is a GNU'ism that
> has stuck with us now, but having a compiler called cc is something
> that is part of what I've learned to call Unix.

Please!  No one has come close to suggesting 'cc' goes away as a command.
 
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-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)

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