Re: Making gcc -no-canonical-prefixes the default?

[Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at gmail dot com>]

On 28/01/2011 23:05, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> So it seems like people want it both ways.  Some people want to invoke a
> symlink which points to the real gcc, which requires canonicalization.
> Some people want the real gcc to be a symlink which points elsewhere,
> which requires non-canonicalization.  I don't know what the best choice
> is.  Neither case seems particularly common to me.

  I think the case which is particularly common is the alternatives system,
which has a chain of symlinks finally pointing to a real gcc.  (That works
just fine with the current default, AFAIK, although that may be only because
the real gcc is in $PATH?)

    cheers,
      DaveK