| Paste number 9508: | any objection to the following addition to the packaging docs? |
| Pasted by: | vasi |
| When: | 5 years, 1 month ago |
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diff -u -r1.66 packaging.en.xml --- packaging.en.xml 23 Jun 2005 20:16:35 -0000 1.66 +++ packaging.en.xml 29 Jun 2005 19:41:46 -0000 @@ -1216,12 +1216,26 @@ <title>Compilers</title> <shorttitle>Compilers</shorttitle> +<preface> +<p> +Fink uses the gcc family of compilers, as provided by Apple computer +through the Apple Developer Connection. Different versions of gcc exist, +and usually more than one is available on a Mac OS X system. +</p><p> +This section explains some of the ways Fink deals with these different versions +of gcc. An email to the Fink mailing list has <link +url="http://www.mail-archive.com/fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg11877.html" +>more explanation</link>. +</p> +</preface> + <section name="versions"><title>Compiler Versions</title> -<p>Fink uses the gcc family of compilers, as provided by Apple computer -through the Apple Developer Connection. As these compilers have evolved, +<p> +As GCC has evolved, there have been different fink "distributions" to cope with the changes. -</p><p> -Each distribution has had certain default values for the gcc and g++ +</p> +<p> +Each Fink distribution has had certain default values for the gcc and g++ compilers, which any user compiling from source is expected to have installed. You can expect that direct calls to "gcc" and "g++" from within your package will use these default values. If you need to use
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