Bug#657962: gcc-defaults: Add gcc-plugin-dev?
On 30.01.2012 16:10, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Samuel Thibault, le Mon 30 Jan 2012 11:17:42 +0100, a écrit :
>> I have a package which would like to build a gcc plugin. I should
>> however not make it build-depend on a particular gcc-4.[567]-plugin-dev
>> package as the default version changes over time. Could gcc-defaults
>> also provide a gcc-plugin-dev package?
>
> Actually, thinking a bit more about it, I guess I actually have
> to build my plugin several times, once for each supported gcc
> version. So we'd need something similar to python, i.e. something
> like gcc-all-plugin-dev, and a way to iterate over all supported gcc
> versions.
Is this really needed? many plugins need modifications for different GCC
versions, and it should be easy to add such a "loop" or make magic to build for
different versions. There are not (yet) that many plugins for GCC.
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