[Linux-disciples] /bin/cc

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> Dylan Thurston wrote:
>>>>> No. There should be an environmental variable that will tell cpan where cc
>>>>> should be.
>>>> Ah so. I believe that's $CC. Any idea why they do it this
>>>> way rather than via something in the alternatives system?
>>> I don't think the alternatives system is cross-distro.
>> But it is in Ubuntu.
> Right, alternatives is in Ubuntu, but cpan is cross-distro. In fact, I think
> cpan is basically also cross-platform. There is no alternatives system in
> Windows either.

Oh, but maybe you're saying Ubuntu could support a /bin/cc alternative. I
guess that's correct.