Bug#2410: xdm requires /lib/cpp

[andrew@toaster.it.com.au (Andrew Howell)]

Ian Jackson writes:
>
> Package: xbase
> Version: 3.1.2-7
>
> I was able to install and configure xbase without having a package
> which contains /lib/cpp.
>
> I thought there was going to be a separate /lib/cpp package, or that
> the C compiler would provide it ?
>
> In any case, xbase should depend on some appropriate thing, and some
> appropriate thing should exist.

cpp is provided by gcc, but the gcc package isn't making the /lib/cpp to
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2/cpp.

Hmmm I thought gcc conflicted with the cpp package, but 2.7.2-4 doesn't
seem to.

So is gcc supposed to provide cpp? If so then it should conflict with the
cpp package and make the /lib/cpp link.

If I remember correctly the cpp package only exists cause some programs
use cpp and people may need cpp but not want to install gcc.

Andrew

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Andrew Howell				               andrew@it.com.au
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