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Re: gcc-2.95 version
- To: schwab at issan dot cs dot uni-dortmund dot de
- Subject: Re: gcc-2.95 version
- From: "Martin v. Loewis" <martin at mira dot isdn dot cs dot tu-berlin dot de>
- Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 18:29:35 +0200
- CC: lchmeuh at caramail dot com, egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
- References: <928149590013768@caramail.com> <vyzk8tpbfge.fsf@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
> |> /usr/gcc-lib/i586-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-2.95/
>
> I this really a problem? Does it break anything?
Yes, it breaks all the education done to users who know how to invoke
an older version of gcc.
As you can see from the message, even users aware of the problem don't
know how to deal with it.
>|> And when you want to use a different version of gcc (gcc
>|> -V $(VERSION), should I put gcc-2.95 or 2.95 ?
>The version of the compiler is gcc-2.95 (ie, always the first word of
>the version string).
I don't know whether this was the answer to the question: you have to
use '-V gcc-2.95'. Basically, you always have to give the directory
name past i586-pc-linux-gnu. That is
gcc -V 2.8.1
gives you gcc 2.8.1, but
gcc -V 2.95 # wrong
does *not* give you gcc 2.95.
Regards,
Martin