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Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 18:50:20 +0000
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Subject: Re: unable to switch to gcc 4
From: Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com>
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2009/11/1 Hans Horn:
> I think I figured it out myself; seemingly I need to have /etc/alternatives
> in my path before /usr/bin.

No, that shouldn't be necessary. Thes issue is with this:

lrwxrwxrwx  1 Hans None        9 Jul 14 16:30 /usr/bin/gcc.exe -> gcc-3.exe

That link should be pointing to /etc/alternatives/gcc. It does here anyway.

Andy

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