Bundled Compiler Collection [LSARC/2009/017 FastTrack timeout 01/21/2009]

[Nicolas Williams]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 02:25:46PM -0800, Douglas Walls wrote:
> Nicolas Williams wrote:
> >Oh, silly me, I thought that because LSARC/2008/776 proposed to deliver
> >GNU compilers into /usr/compilers/gcc<version> that this one would too.
> >I guess I have to read the rest of this thread (or slink away -- it
> >seems daunting).
> 
> Yes.  You'll find the case sponsor announced ...
> 
> "Based on the valuable feedback, the two projects have agreed not to
>  co-locate their files under /usr/compilers."

That says nothing as to why have one version of the bundled compilers
but N versions of gcc.

> >Our build machines have multiple versions of Sun Studio installed.  Why
> >would one not want the this case to allow the same???
> 
> It does allow the same ... this case says:

Well, OK, so other versions will be installed in /opt as unbundled
products.  Weird.  That's not what we've done with other parts of the
system, but I don't mind too much.

> 4. Technical Description:
>     4.1. Details:
> 
>    - The design of the Sun compilers precludes just installing
>      them into /usr/bin, /usr/lib, etc. without significant

But only the /usr/bin parts are public interfaces, right?  If so then we
only need /usr/lib/compilers + links from /usr/bin into it.