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Matt Mackall wrote:
>>
>>I would argue that "name of gcc has changed" is possibly a condition
>>that does more harm than good.  It is just as frequently used to have
>>wrappers, like distcc, as it is to have different versions.
> 
> Disagree. I switch compilers all the time and kbuild does the right
> thing for me.
> 
> I do occassionally feel your 'make install' pain and some sort of
> 'make __install' might be called for.
> 

As I said, I don't mind the default being there, it's certainly 
consistent with the default being safe.  However, not being able to 
override it is bad.

	-hpa