Bug#253870: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#253870: Huge files in -dev package on arm appear like potential unneeded garbage.)
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> #253870: Huge files in -dev package on arm appear like potential unneeded garbage.,
> which was filed against the libstdc++6 package.
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> It has been closed by one of the developers, namely
> Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>.
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> To: Len Sorensen <lennartsorensen@ruggedcom.com>, 253870-done@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#253870: Huge files in -dev package on arm appear like potential unneeded garbage.
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> Len Sorensen writes:
> > Package: libstdc++6
> > Version: 3.4.0-2
> > Severity: important
> > Tags: experimental
> >
> > I was trying to install gcc 3.4.0 on my arm system, but was unable to
> > install libstdc++6-dev due to lack of disk space (I have 256M of flash).
>
> No, these are precompiled header files. See #251707 if these are
> useful at all.
Well I guess they are not garbage files then.
I certainly agree with #251707 that they shouldn't be in the normal -dev
package. They certainly aren't essential for the use of the -dev
package and waste a rather hefty amount of diskspace.
Assuming anyone wants these files, they should be in a seperate package
preferably. Compiling c++ is resource bloated enough already.
Feel free to close this bug then, as long as #251707 gets considered
then.
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