Bug#21253: gperf can't be installed with libstdc++
reassign 20587 general
severity 20587 important
merge 20587 21253
On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 03:21:32PM +0930, Paul Rusty Russell wrote:
> Package: libstdc++2.8-dev
>
> The fact that gperf is in libg++272-dev has already been reported as a bug
> in that package (#19769: gperf). It's worse now. I need gperf and I
> can't install libg++272-dev, and libstdc++2.8-dev doesn't supply gperf.
>
> (gperf is important as it is required to compile modutils).
>
> Simple solution: add gperf to libstdc++2.8-dev.
That is an incorrect solution. libstdc++ is just that: the C++ standard
library, as defined in the C++ standard.
> Correct solution: make gperf a separate package.
gperf has always been part of the GNU C++ library (libg++). libg++ is now no
longer maintained upstream; software using it should be rewritten to use the
standard C++ library.
Ray
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