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 They are links to the same file. $ file /usr/lib64/ccache/g++ /usr/lib64/ccache/g++: symbolic link to `../../bin/ccache' $ file /usr/lib64/ccache/c++ /usr/lib64/ccache/c++: symbolic link to `../../bin/ccache' -- Germán A. Racca National Institute for Space Research (INPE) São José dos Campos - SP - Brasil http://sites.google.com/site/gracca http://gracca.wordpress.com -- 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