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Re: 64-bit gcc-4.8.1 package installs source instead
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:22:12 +0200
- Subject: Re: 64-bit gcc-4.8.1 package installs source instead
- References: <51EEF4F1 dot 20006 at cs dot utoronto dot ca> <51EDA65A dot 4070002 at users dot sourceforge dot net> <51EEF9D8 dot 6060907 at cs dot utoronto dot ca>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Jul 23 17:47, Ryan Johnson wrote:
> On 07/22/2013 05:38 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> >On 2013-07-23 16:26, Ryan Johnson wrote:
> >>If I select the gcc-4.8.1-1 package from setup-64, it downloads and
> >>installs the gcc-4.8.1-src package
> >
> >gcc is only a source-only meta-package; you want to install
> >gcc-core, gcc-g++, etc.
> Oh, that's a little different than (a) the name suggests and (b)
> historical precedent, which IIRC had "gcc" as a meta package that
> pulled in all the other gcc-related stuff you'd need.
>
> Anyway, thanks for the tip, I'll try that.
Shouldn't we introduce an empty gcc binary archive for just this
situation?
Corinna
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