Re: [MiNT] Gcc 3.3.6 v 4.0.1

[Vincent Rivière <vincent.riviere@freesbee.fr>]

Miro Kropacek wrote:
> With RPMs you will need to play with upgrade vs side-by-side
> settings and similar crap.

Not necessarily.
It is possible to build an alternative GCC package using alternative 
executable names.

For example, on Cygwin and Redhat, "gcc" is the standard compiler for 
the system, currently 3.x. Another command "gcc4" is provided for new 
compiler features, and a tool for the developers for making the source 
packages fully compatible with it. I guess that when all the source 
packages are be fixed, "gcc4" will be renamed "gcc", and it will become 
the official compiler for the system.

This would probably be the best thing to do for SpareMiNT, too.
Mark, you should try this for your upcoming GCC 4.x RPM ;-)

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Vincent Rivière