Re: cpp and gcc are both providing elf-gcc
>>>>> "Nikhil" == Nikhil Nair <nn201@cus.cam.ac.uk> writes:
Nikhil> Hang on a minute ... have I got this right? Is this the
Nikhil> current position: gcc has its own copy of cpp in-built, so
Nikhil> if you install both cpp and gcc, you effectively get two
Nikhil> copies of the same binary; then, when some other package
Nikhil> needs the preprocessor, it depends explicitly on cpp? In
Nikhil> other words, if you have gcc and something like Calendar,
Nikhil> you end up with two copies of the C preprocessor?
You got it. We are talking about a 70k binary in /usr/bin, what's the
problem?
Nikhil> And MY suggestion is too much hassle? :-)
No, but is requires advanced features of dpkg when a user later
changes mind - the way we did it both packages can be installed or
removed independently.
Thanks
Siggy
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