Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > [...] > Try to compile that with g++ 2.95. Good point. The definition of build-essential says: "[...] a standard "Hello World!" program written in C or C++". What happens if what it's considered the "standard hello-world program written in C++" changes over time? Was it really a good idea to include "or C++" in the definition of build-essential? (The good thing about standards... :-)