Bug#472969: gcc-4.2: Depends on Tcl/Tk 8.3 which is subject to removal

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

Sergei, expect using tcl8.4 does not work well on hppa, therefore the
GCC testsuite uses expect-tcl8.3.

See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=378394 ,
maybe run the GCC testsuite using expect instead of expect-tcl8.3.

  Matthias

Sergei Golovan writes:
> Source: gcc-4.2
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Your package currently build-depend on expect-tcl8.3 which in turn
> depends on tcl8.3.
> 
> Debian Tcl/Tk packaging team is about to remove tcl8.3 (and tk8.3)
> from Debian because it's really outdated (more than five years) and
> imposes unnecessary burden to Debian Security Team [1].
> 
> Please, replace expect-tcl8.3 build-dependency by expect
> build-dependency. If it leads to a regression, report it. It's better
> to fix Tcl/Tk 8.4 than to keep Tcl/Tk 8.3 around.
> 
> [1] http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianTclTk/Announce
> -- 
> Sergei Golovan
> 
> 
> 
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