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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: Re: gobject-introspection typelibs and shared libraries
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 21:43:49 +0100
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To: Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org>
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Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org> skribis:

> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:22 PM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> wrot=
e:
>> Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org> skribis:
>>
>>> The question is: do we want to make a 'cc' symlink to 'gcc' in the
>>> 'gcc' package?
>>
>> So far we=E2=80=99ve resisted the temptation, and it=E2=80=99s rarely be=
en an issue.
>> :-)
>
> Could you elaborate on the down sides? (I'm not trying to insist, but to =
learn.)

Basically it=E2=80=99s good to stick to what GCC does, and GCC does not ins=
tall
=E2=80=98cc=E2=80=99.  There=E2=80=99s a subjective aesthetic downside: it=
=E2=80=99s good to spread the
=E2=80=98g=E2=80=99.  And also, it turns out to work for 99% of the package=
s.

(I=E2=80=99m afraid this answer may disappoint you.  ;-))

Ludo=E2=80=99.