Bug#604937: gcc-4.4 (cross): build dependencies: gcc-4.4-source (needed?)

[Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>]

tag 604937 + wontfix
thanks

On 25.11.2010 17:06, Hector Oron wrote:
> Package: gcc-4.4
> Version: 4.4.5-8
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hello,
>
>    Cross building gcc-4.4, it depends on -source packages:
>    dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: gcc-4.4-source (>= 4.4.5)
>    gcc-4.4-source (<<  4.4.6)
>
>    Those dependencies are not needed for cross builds, extra space is taken in
> the build host which is not needed and for slow connections, it takes a while
> to get the extra packages, could those be disabled?

No. It appears that you include the source tarball in your cross source package 
itself, which IMO is not necessary.