bug#21214: symlinks cc -> gcc, lex -> flex etcetc

bug#21214: symlinks cc -> gcc, lex -> flex etcetc

[Danny Milosavljevic]

Hello,

I tried to build coreboot earlier and by default it seems to use "cc"
in some places (for example util/cbfstool) and thus fails if one
doesn't manually select an explicit compiler via a make (or environment)
variable.

Guix doesn't have "cc" (it does have "gcc"). It would be convenient if
the former were available as a link.

With kind regards,
    Danny

bug#21214: symlinks cc -> gcc, lex -> flex etcetc

[Ludovic Courtès]

Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> skribis:

> Guix doesn't have "cc" (it does have "gcc"). It would be convenient if
> the former were available as a link.

So far we’ve resisted that, in part because that’s a choice for upstream
to make, not us (there have been several discussions on that topic, such
as <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-01/msg00197.html>.)

In practice most software build systems will look for both ‘cc’ and
‘gcc’.  For those who don’t, it’s usually easy to specify an alternate
compiler name, for instance via ‘make’ flags (there are several examples
of that in the packages.)

If that’s fine with you, I’ll close this bug.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

bug#21214: symlinks cc -> gcc, lex -> flex etcetc

[Danny Milosavljevic]

Hello,

On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:19:43 +0200
ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:

> Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> skribis:
> In practice most software build systems will look for both ‘cc’ and
> ‘gcc’.  For those who don’t, it’s usually easy to specify an alternate
> compiler name, for instance via ‘make’ flags (there are several
> examples of that in the packages.)

Yes it is. 

I'm just slowly documenting all the problems I encountered while
trying GuixSD on a X200. 

This was one of the first: I checked out
cbfstool from coreboot in order to swap Fn and Ctrl and tried to make
it, but it didn't find "cc" and then got stuck in an endless loop
(which is a problem in coreboot, also reported there as
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bios/81588 ).

> If that’s fine with you, I’ll close this bug.

That's okay. If it already was discussed that's fine. 

With kind regards,
   Danny

bug#21214: symlinks cc -> gcc, lex -> flex etcetc

[Ludovic Courtès]

Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> skribis:

> I'm just slowly documenting all the problems I encountered while
> trying GuixSD on a X200. 

Nice.  Don’t hesitate to leave a note when you’re done; it may be useful
for bug-fixing and/or troubleshooting for people trying the same thing.

> This was one of the first: I checked out
> cbfstool from coreboot in order to swap Fn and Ctrl and tried to make
> it, but it didn't find "cc" and then got stuck in an endless loop
> (which is a problem in coreboot, also reported there as
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bios/81588 ).

I see.

> That's okay. If it already was discussed that's fine. 

OK, thanks!

Ludo’.