gcc source 1k long?

Brian Dessent brian@dessent.net
Sun Jan 8 02:24:00 GMT 2006


"Linda A. Walsh" wrote:

> I was looking to install the source of gcc and noted
> that "setup.exe" claims it is 1k long.  That seems
> a bit small for a bz2 compressed image.  Am I missing
> something?
> 
> I am looking at the source on the "mirrors.kernel.org"
> and see bz2 files 46 bytes long.  Are these files
> corrupt?

I think you're looking at the wrong package.  The package named 'gcc' is
just an empty helper package whose only purpose in life is to bring in
(via dependencies) all the required packages of a functional gcc.  The
actual C compiler is gcc-core, the C++ compiler is gcc-g++, and so on. 
Those packages contain the modular source.

Brian


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