Bug#275569: please make gcc dependent on libc6-dev

[Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo <fenio@o2.pl>]

Package: gcc
Version: 4:3.3.4-3
Severity: wishlist

Hello dear gcc developers!

May I ask you why gcc doesn't depend on libc6-dev?
Why does it "only" recommend it?

More and more newbies still ask "why do I get :

checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler
cannot create executables"

That's pretty annoying when the same question still repeats on the mailing
lists and newsgroups. 

How many applications could be compiled without libc6-dev?

I think that if someone type `apt-get install gcc` he/she should get full
working C compiler. I can't name our gcc full working if it is shipped
without libc6.

regards
fEnIo

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-686
Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL

Versions of packages gcc depends on:
ii  cpp                           4:3.3.4-3  The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii  cpp-3.3                       1:3.3.4-13 The GNU C preprocessor
ii  gcc-3.3                       1:3.3.4-13 The GNU C compiler

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