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diff --git a/debian/README.snapshot b/debian/README.snapshot new file mode 100644 index 0000000..978bf80 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.snapshot @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Debian gcc-snapshot package +=========================== + +This package contains a recent development SNAPSHOT of all files +contained in the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). + +DO NOT USE THIS SNAPSHOT FOR BUILDING DEBIAN PACKAGES! + +This package will NEVER hit the testing distribution. It's used for +tracking gcc bugs submitted to the Debian BTS in recent development +versions of gcc. + +To use this snapshot, you should set the following environment variables: + + LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH + PATH=/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/bin:$PATH + +You might also like to use a shell script to wrap up this +funcationality, e.g. + +place in /usr/local/bin/gcc-snapshot and chmod +x it + +----------- snip ---------- +#! /bin/sh +LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH +PATH=/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/bin:$PATH +gcc "$@" +----------- snip ---------- + +Make the same for g++, g77, gij, gcj, cpp, ... + +Don't forget the quotes around the $@ or gcc will not parse it's +command line correctly! + +Unset these variables before building Debian packages destined for an +upload to ftp-master.debian.org. |