On Sat, Aug 09, 2014 at 10:05:24PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Sat, Aug 09, 2014 at 11:23:24AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > > On 2014-08-09 04:27 +0200, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > > Potentially stupid question --- why are the gcc-4.[789]-base packages > > > have the priority required? And what are they used for? > > Providing the mandatory files under /usr/share/doc, all packages built > > from the gcc-4.[789] source ship a symlink under /usr/share/doc. > Sure, but this could be handled using the standard package > dependencies, could it not? Why do these packages need to have > "priority: required"? > This forces debootstrap to drag them in, regardless whether or not > they are needed. gcc-4.9-base is Priority: required in testing and unstable because libgcc1 depends on it and is also Priority: required. gcc-4.{7,8}-base are Priority: required in testing and unstable because libgcc1 /used to/ depend on them. They should be dropped to Priority: extra now, which probably involves filing a bug against the ftp.debian.org pseudopackage. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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