From unknown Sat Aug 16 23:36:27 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#28629 <28629@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#28629 <28629@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Add cc as a symlink to gcc Reply-To: bug#28629 <28629@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 06:36:27 +0000 retitle 28629 Add cc as a symlink to gcc reassign 28629 guix submitter 28629 Mohammed Sadiq severity 28629 normal tag 28629 wontfix thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Sep 28 00:29:44 2017 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Sep 2017 04:29:44 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35755 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dxQSG-0007o4-Il for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:29:44 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37681) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dxQSF-0007nq-KG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:29:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dxQS9-0003je-NI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:29:38 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, FSL_HELO_BARE_IP_2, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:39653) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dxQS9-0003iq-Kf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:29:37 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56880) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dxQS5-0007J7-98 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:29:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dxQS2-0003fL-21 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:29:33 -0400 Received: from us2-ob4-4.mailhostbox.com ([208.91.198.44]:47790) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dxQS1-0003dV-RQ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:29:29 -0400 Received: from 172.16.214.67 (unknown [172.16.214.67]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: sadiq@sadiqpk.org) by us2.outbound.mailhostbox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 535271C310E for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 04:29:26 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sadiqpk.org; s=20160628; t=1506572966; bh=abcZCKLzPJkjEFpExPuRSJHZgSctvJqOKRiWI2XxYQA=; h=Date:From:To:Subject; b=J/v4mVxkp6XcwFYVTgjt5Nw5VKNhlAR7zU/ZmKQwlqT9mLAv54YzgL5C5lwrtXhMi KPOB6y6W4xxpXBqI5f2nDwD0FTrI225w2jjYSv9rNKTFN4m/26wbHNq2FHPyttgMCh niwJTTE6kooywXUE0KD7AffdAaBcRRFsAlxRKak8= Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 09:59:26 +0530 (IST) From: Mohammed Sadiq To: bug-guix@gnu.org Message-ID: <1581054962.12450.1506572966287@webmail.mailhostbox.com> Subject: Add cc as a symlink to gcc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Medium X-Mailer: Open-Xchange Mailer v7.8.3-Rev22 X-Originating-Client: open-xchange-appsuite X-CMAE-Score: 0 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=EPx26xRC c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=Z8UyLsFUdm4H2nF0+O1kqg==:117 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=Plx1j935DaA4mldvynwA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) Some packages seems to rely on cc as the C compiler. So within some environment, let cc be symlinked to the default gcc of the environment. This may not be noticeable when building/installing a package, because cc may be used only on rare conditions (like when enabling some disabled tests, etc), which isn't enabled by default. Thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Sep 28 03:20:02 2017 Received: (at 28629) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Sep 2017 07:20:02 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35845 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dxT74-0003OH-10 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:20:02 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([50.252.239.5]:38239) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dxT71-0003Nj-Ui for 28629@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:20:00 -0400 Received: from pool-72-93-32-241.bstnma.east.verizon.net ([72.93.32.241] helo=jojen) by world.peace.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dxT6u-000631-V0; Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:19:53 -0400 From: Mark H Weaver To: Mohammed Sadiq Subject: Re: bug#28629: Add cc as a symlink to gcc References: <1581054962.12450.1506572966287@webmail.mailhostbox.com> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:19:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1581054962.12450.1506572966287@webmail.mailhostbox.com> (Mohammed Sadiq's message of "Thu, 28 Sep 2017 09:59:26 +0530 (IST)") Message-ID: <87poabffy8.fsf@netris.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: 0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 28629 Cc: 28629@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.7 (/) Mohammed Sadiq writes: > Some packages seems to rely on cc as the C compiler. So within some environment, > let cc be symlinked to the default gcc of the environment. This has been discussed before, and it was decided that in such cases, we should do what's needed to make the build system use gcc. Usually that simply entails adding "CC=gcc" to #:make-flags. If you search for "=gcc" in gnu/packages/*.scm, you'll find many such examples. 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