Bug#119064: gcc-3.0: doesn't depend on gcc

[Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>]

Phil Edwards writes:
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 08:44:48AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > > Perhaps gcc-3.0's postinst can do something like "if package 'gcc' is
> > > installed, then update the symlink"?  I'm guessing out my butt here.
> > 
> > we removed the gcc alternatives a year ago, which actually did
> > this. Please see http://bugs.debian.org/115353 for reasons to remove
> > the alternatives from gcc.
> 
> I'm not arguing.  :-)  As somebody who tests gcc 3.0 constantly, I simply
> adjust my path.  But I would be interested in helping other users to find
> an easier solution.
> 
> I'm intrigued by the "gcc-defaults" packages mentioned in that audit trail;
> perhaps somebody could describe how to make such a package?  Maybe we
> could put one up in the optional section, with a note of "this is for the
> convenience of sysadmins only; if you are a Debian developer preparing a
> package for upload don't use anything other than the default compiler," etc.

not sure, if I understand you correctly. we already have gcc-defaults
(source), which builds the gcc, g++, cpp, ... packages, which depend
on the default compiler version for a specific architecture.

	Matthias