On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 01:41:30PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > I thought libstdc++5-dev depends on the default gcc/g++ version in
> > Debian, something similar to gcc thats depends on gcc-3.3, but it
> > depends on 3.2 and libstdc++-3.3-dev on g++3.3.
> >
> > Don't you find it counterintuitive?
> No.
Why?
One is versioned in the name, and it's clear.
The other is not versioned, so instinctively I'd guess it refers to the
default g++. That's the way debian package policies usually use, AFAIK.
I don't care, I only would like the idea behind.
Anyway:
> it's not necessary to depend on a libstdc++-dev package. The
> build-essentials depend on g++, which depends on g++-3.3, which
> depends on libstdc++5-3.3-dev.
Yes, but I need a run-time dep, it's a C++ library and build-essentials
is not mandatory for users.
thanks,
c.
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