On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 04:46:30PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Package: gcc-2.95 > Depends: gcc (>= 1:2.95.3-2) > > Package: gcc > Version: 3:3.3-2 > ^^^^^^^ > > I was having a hell of a time recently trying to compile 2.4.20 (machine's > been flaking since an upgrade to 2.4.21) which fails under GCC3.3. So I tried > compiling under 2.95 which was... 3.3. Finally had to remove all copies of > gcc then manually install the Woody version of gcc to get one that matched the > intent of gcc-2.95.
What you meant to do was to run "make CC=gcc-2.95" instead of make. There is no need to futz around with the default gcc version; just ask for what you want. -- - mdz