#30434: Should port select gcc also set /usr/bin/cc? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: ionic@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: request | Status: new Priority: Low | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.0.0 Keywords: select gcc | Port: ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Hi, currently port select gcc only changes the binaries in $PREFIX/bin. However, at least some ports use /usr/bin/cc as the default compiler. This ports will likely end up using whatever /usr/bin/cc is set to - for instance llvm-gcc42 if XCode 4 was installed, although the user MAY have selected gcc42 manually and lives under the impression it's used. Then again, I don't know, whether it's a good thing to fiddle outside of $PREFIX, so I'll open this for discussion. I'd vote for yes and moreover possibly also change all other symlinks in /usr/bin as gcc, g++, c++ etc. BUT symlink them to their /opt/local/bin counterparts, so we don't need to keep two places in sync. Best regards, Mihai -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30434> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS