On 28/01/2011 23:05, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> So it seems like people want it both ways. Some people want to invoke a
> symlink which points to the real gcc, which requires canonicalization.
> Some people want the real gcc to be a symlink which points elsewhere,
> which requires non-canonicalization. I don't know what the best choice
> is. Neither case seems particularly common to me.
I think the case which is particularly common is the alternatives system,
which has a chain of symlinks finally pointing to a real gcc. (That works
just fine with the current default, AFAIK, although that may be only because
the real gcc is in $PATH?)
cheers,
DaveK
