Bug#269515: cpp-3.3: cpp 'fails sanity check'

[Joel Cross <joel@kazbak.co.uk>]

Package: cpp-3.3
Version: 1:3.3.4-6sarge1.2
Severity: important

When running the configure script to install LAME, cpp is described as
failing sanity check. The error message given by cpp is:

cpp: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1plus': No such file or
directory

could this be caused by incorrect dependencies for cpp?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
 APT prefers testing
 APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.25-1-386
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB

Versions of packages cpp-3.3 depends on:
ii  gcc-3.3-base           1:3.3.4-6sarge1.2 The GNU Compiler Collection 
(base
ii  libc6                  2.3.2.ds1-13      GNU C Library: Shared 
libraries an

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