From: Alexander Hvostov (vulture@aoi.dyndns.org) Subject: Re: c++ problems Newsgroups: debian.devel Date: 2001-05-14 19:35:36 PST On Mon, 14 May 2001 21:15:22 -0500 Gordon Sadler wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 11:05:13AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > [snip] > I'm a little confused at this point. > ls -l /etc/alternatives/c++ > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Apr 28 16:59 > /etc/alternatives/c++ -> /usr/bin/g++ > ls -l /usr/bin/g++ > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Apr 28 16:59 /usr/bin/g++ -> > g++-2.95 On my system, `c++' and `g++' are two different binaries: [bash/2.05.0] vulture@cornerstone:~ $ ls -l /usr/bin/c++ /usr/bin/g++ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 69456 Oct 25 1999 /usr/bin/c++ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Apr 4 17:46 /usr/bin/g++ -> g++-2.95 [bash/2.05.0] vulture@cornerstone:~ $ ls -l /usr/bin/g++-2.95 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 71644 May 6 07:44 /usr/bin/g++-2.95 I have the same problem with regards to autoconf disliking `c++' and saying it doesn't work. My workaround was to `ln -s /usr/bin/g++ /usr/local/bin/c++'. That way, `/usr/local/bin/c++' is before `/usr/bin/c++' in $PATH, and `g++' works perfectly, according to autoconf. I think the problem is an old, stale binary from some ancient version of the `g++' package: [bash/2.05.0] vulture@cornerstone:~ $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/c++ dpkg: /usr/bin/c++ not found. In my opinion, the g++ preinst needs to check for and remove this file if it exists and isn't a symlink, like so: cxxname=`dpkg-divert --truename /usr/bin/c++`;if test -f $cxxname; \ then rm -f $cxxname; fi If that's not the correct usage of `dpkg-divert --truename', then adjust accordingly -- I don't use dpkg-divert as a maintainer (since I'm not a maintainer anyway), so I wouldn't know. Regards, Alex. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org