[Qemu-devel] Debian blues (Re: Problem compiling with gcc 3.3 on 2.6.14 (Debian))

[Emmanuel Charpentier]

Natalia Portillo wrote:
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> Just, I think, it is trying to link with libm.a, that is compiled  using 
> GCC 4.0, so, the fail.
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> Doesn't your distro have a gcc_select?

<rant>

Nope. That's Debian for you : Debian users are supposed to be big hunks 
of programmers, and not to flinch on such petty details (the epitome of 
"Real men don't write in Pascal" mentality...). At least, that's the 
impression you get reading postings of some Ordained Debian Developpers 
(TM) on some Debian mailing lists. The simple notion of Debian end-users 
totally overwhelms them...

Curiously, Debian has such a mechanism for handling "default" choices 
about equivalent programs : the "/etc/alternatives" directory. But some 
ODD (TM) decided, in his (according to himself) infinite wisdom that 
such an easy way to swich gccs was too easy for common users, and that 
it might twarth some obscure utterly Debianish hack.

So you're supposed to "ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-3.3 /usr/bin/gcc # etc ...) ad 
nauseam...

BTW : it would not be fair to pick at Debianers and spare the GCC 
hackers : the whole madness could have been spared with a bit more 
reflection about linking *before* launching GCC4...

</rant>

Ah. If only Debian wasn't the best programming distro of the lot for 
non-system programmers... <Sigh !>

                                        Emmanuel Charpentier