perl -V:cc still says "gcc-4"

[Achim Gratz]

Warren Young writes:
> Many moons ago Cygwin "gcc" became GCC 4.  Later, Cygwin dropped the
> "gcc-4" wrapper package.
>
> Unfortunately, this means Perl modules that only come in native (XS)
> form don't compile because perl -V:cc says "gcc-4".  I tried creating
> a symlink from gcc-4 -> gcc in /bin, but it didn't help.

Yes, I've posted about this some time ago.  You absolutely need to name
the symlink "gcc-4.exe".  You could also patch out the EXEEXT appendage
that makes that particular check fail when it encounters a symlink of
just "gcc-4", but renaming the symlink is easier.


Regards,
Achim.
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