On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 03:47:13PM -0600, Neal Gompa wrote: > > == Release Notes == > > The user /usr/bin/cc and /usr/bin/c++ symlinks are now managed by > > update-alternatives. If you would like to change these symlinks to > > point to another compiler, like clang, for example, you can use these > > commands: > > > > `update-alternatives --set cc /usr/bin/clang` > > > > `update-alternatives --set c++ /usr/bin/clang++` > > > > I don't know if I want *more* alternatives usage in Fedora. I like the > fact that a basic buildroot is generally supposed to work without > scriptlets... On the other hand, I think we're already using > alternatives for ld... > > Aside from making it possible to swap the system compiler with > alternatives, what benefit do we get? Are there other, less script-y > approaches that we could use?
I'm not sure that the benefits are really that big. For most cases, instead of setting alternatives, the obvious solution would be to set $CC. Can you expand a bit on why alternatives, which is effectively a global setting, is preferred to a local override? Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
