Subject: [bug#43679] [PATCH 3/5] gnu: clang-toolchain: Create 'cc' and 'c++' symlinks.

From: Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:42:12 +0300

On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 09:56:46PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
> 
> * gnu/packages/llvm.scm (make-clang-toolchain)[arguments]: Create 'cc'
> and 'c++' symlinks.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/llvm.scm | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/llvm.scm b/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
> index 4b42c4921a..361b39710b 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
> @@ -476,6 +476,12 @@ code analysis tools.")
>                         (((names . directories) ...)
>                          (union-build out directories)))
>  
> +                     ;; Create 'cc' and 'c++' so that one can use it as a
> +                     ;; drop-in replacement for the default tool chain and
> +                     ;; have configure scripts find the compiler.
> +                     (symlink "clang" (string-append out "/bin/cc"))
> +                     (symlink "clang++" (string-append out "/bin/c++"))
> +
>                       (union-build (assoc-ref %outputs "debug")
>                                    (list (assoc-ref %build-inputs
>                                                     "libc-debug")))
> -- 
> 2.28.0

Isn't this something we've turned down patches for in the past with gcc?

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