Bug#214693: libdebian-installer: FTBFS: structure has no member named `package'

[Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>]

[Matt Kraai]
> libdebian-installer uses anonymous union structure members, a
> language extension not provided by the GCC in woody.  Should we
> support building on woody?

I believe we should stay away from GCC extentions, and use ANSI C as
much as possible.  This is because I expect and hope GCC will become a
better and more standard compliant compiler over time, and we should
not have to change the code when this happen.

But I do not think we will support building in Woody for other
reasons.  There are lots of packages we need when building which are
missing in Woody.

So, I believe the use of this extension should be removed, but we
should not make an effort to get d-i building in Woody.