Bug#3838: GCC should depend on CPP, not conflict with it

[david@elo.ods.com (David Engel)]

Ian Jackson writes:
> David Engel writes ("Re: Bug#3838: GCC should depend on CPP, not conflict with it"):
> > This would force an exact version match between cpp and gcc and I
> > would very much like to avoid those situations.  Yes, I know this is
> > already done with shared library run-time and development packages.
> > Unless you can come up with a better suggestion, I can have cpp and
> > gcc conflict AND replace each other.
> 
> Hmm.  Why is it necessary for gcc to know which version of cpp is
> available, or for it to have exactly the right one ?

Would you want the front-end driver (gcc) to use different versions of
cpp and cc1/cc1plus?

David
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