[Bug driver/10707] c++ linking impossible when -V specified

[bangerth@dealii.org]

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10707


bangerth@dealii.org changed:

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------- Additional Comments From bangerth@dealii.org  2003-06-01 02:50 -------
While the PR is certainly valid, -V is not really the recommended way
anymore to use different compilers. It was used, IIRC, in the time
frame of before gcc2.8 or so, and indeed the manual entry for -V
gives revealing clues about when this was useful:

  @item -V @var{version}
  @opindex V
  The argument @var{version} specifies which version of GCC to run.
  This is useful when multiple versions are installed.  For example,
  @var{version} might be @samp{2.0}, meaning to run GCC version 2.0.
  @end table

The way to go these days is to install different versions of gcc into
different directories.

I have the feeling that this will some day be "fixed" by obsoleting -V...

W.



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