On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 12:07 +0100, Joachim Backes wrote: > Hi, > > In F12, I installed gcc-c++, containing /usr/bin/g++ and /usr/bin/c++: > comparing both, getting the result: these files are identical. Why then > c++ is not a link to g++? Are there important philosophical or > historical reasons? > > ls -l /usr/bin/c++ /usr/bin/g++ > -rwxr-xr-x 4 root root 235972 2009-12-22 13:57 /usr/bin/c++ > -rwxr-xr-x 4 root root 235972 2009-12-22 13:57 /usr/bin/g++ > > diff /usr/bin/c++ /usr/bin/g++ && echo files are identical > files are identical > > Regards As far as I know, both are the identical. (Same goes for $ARCH-redhat-linux-g++/c++) No idea why the packages isn't using symbolic links instead of packaging the same files 4 times... I'd post a message in -devel about it. (Or file a bug report against gcc-c++) - Gilboa -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
