Bug#251707: including precompiled headers in package seems to be useless
Package: libstdc++6-dev
Version: 3.4.0-2
Severity: normal
libstdc++6-dev package includes pre-compiled headers in
/usr/include/c++/3.4/i486-linux/bits/stdc++.h.gch/ directory.
These "system-wide" precompiled headers occupy 35 megabytes (on x86), and
look to be useless, given all the limitations gcc precompiled headers support
currently has (i.e. same set of #define-s whe headers are generated and used).
Precompiled headers may be used by a project, but not system-wide.
If there is some rationale to have system-wide precompiled header files,
probably they should be packaged separately.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (620, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (550, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.6-1-k7-smp
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R
Versions of packages libstdc++6-dev depends on:
ii g++-3.4 3.4.0-2 The GNU C++ compiler
ii gcc-3.4-base 3.4.0-2 The GNU Compiler Collection (base
ii libc6-dev 2.3.2.ds1-12 GNU C Library: Development Librari
ii libstdc++6 3.4.0-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
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