On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 12:05:55 +0200, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Friday, July 15, 2005 10:09 AM, Keenan Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Subject: libglu1-xorg-dev: Should not depend on any C++ libraries > > Followup-For: Bug #318353 > > Package: libglu1-xorg-dev > > > > libglu1-xorg-dev currently depends on libstdc++6-dev; submitter of > > this bug suggested it should depend on libstdc++6-4.0-dev, but IMHO it > > should not depend on any C++ libraries because the GLU library can be > > used from plain C. It should probably recommend or suggest > > libstdc++6-4.0-dev, but not depend on it. > > More specifically, the dependency is unneeded - this is already known by the > packagers. > > build-essential's dependencies will always ensure that the correct version > on libstdc++-dev is installed. > Except that we're talking about a Depends, not Build-Depends. AIUI build-essential doesn't have anything to do here. But I agree that there doesn't seem to be any reason for libglu1-xorg-dev to depend on libstdc++-dev.
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