Package: gcc Version: 2:2.95.4-6 Severity: normal When one invokes the compiler driver on a language (e.g. Ada) for which there is no front end installed, it exits successfully, which causes Make to think that the compilation succeeded. Observe:
$ touch ada.ads $ gcc -c -v ada.ads ; echo $? Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.4/specs gcc version 2.95.4 20010902 (Debian prerelease) gcc: ada.ads: Ada compiler not installed on this system 0 This bug is present in gcc 3.0 as well. -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Kernel Version: Linux taltos 2.2.20-pre3-pipefix #1 Wed Aug 1 14:05:04 PDT 2001 i686 unknown Versions of the packages gcc depends on: ii cpp 2.95.4-6 The GNU C preprocessor. ii cpp-2.95 2.95.4-0.01090 The GNU C preprocessor. ii gcc-2.95 2.95.4-0.01090 The GNU C compiler.