Bug#2386: /usr/bin/X11/xrdb expects to find /lib/cpp

[Douglas Bates <dbates@stats.adelaide.edu.au>]

Package: xbase
Version: 3.1.2-6
Depends: libc5, elf-x11r6lib

If I try to invoke xrdb without the -nocpp option or without
specifying a location for cpp, I get an error as it tries to use
/lib/cpp.

bash$ /usr/bin/X11/xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
sh: /lib/cpp: No such file or directory

The version of gcc I am using is
Package: gcc
Status: install ok installed
Version: 2.7.2-5
Provides: elf-gcc
Depends: libc5, binutils (>=2.5.2l.20)
from the "unstable" distribution tree.

My kernel is
bash$ uname -a
Linux arcola 1.3.60 #1 Fri Feb 9 09:54:32 CST 1996 i586

The base disks for the initial installation were also obtained from
the "unstable" distribution tree about 3 weeks ago.

Possible Solutions:
 1) Should the gcc package install a symbolic link to cpp in /lib?
 2) Should there really be a cpp in /lib?  (Are there other programs
    that depend on cpp existing in even a minimal system?)
 3) Should xrdb be reconfigured to look for cpp in a more likely
    location?