Bug#443767: libstdc++6-4.1-dev: libstdc++-dev doesn't need to depend on g++; recommend or suggest is sufficient

[Phil Endecott <spam_from_debian_bugs_4@chezphil.org>]

Package: libstdc++6-4.1-dev
Version: 4.1.1-14
Severity: normal


Hi,

Currently libstdc++6-4.1-dev depends on g++-4.1, and vice-versa.

While I think it's reasonable for g++ to depend on libstdc++-dev, I don't see a 
good reason why libstdc++-dev must depend on g++, and I suggest that this is 
reduced to a Recommends: or Suggests:.

In my case I wanted to install libstdc++-dev to use with a cross-compiler on 
another machine, with the libstdc++ include files visible via an NFS mount.  See 
this thread for the details: 
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.gcc/25092

Thanks,  Phil.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.19
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages libstdc++6-4.1-dev depends on:
ii  g++-4.1                      4.1.1-14    The GNU C++ compiler
ii  gcc-4.1-base                 4.1.1-14    The GNU Compiler Collection (base 
ii  libc6-dev                    2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Development Librari
ii  libstdc++6                   4.1.1-14    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

libstdc++6-4.1-dev recommends no packages.

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