Bug#492301: linux-source-2.6.25: Incorrect dependency

[John Newnham <john@interflora.com.au>]

Package: linux-source-2.6.25
Version: 2.6.25-6
Severity: serious
Justification: no longer builds from source

The dependency list for linux-source-2.6.25 recommends "gcc".
Currently aptitude lists two candidates:
	4:4.1.1-15
	4:4.3.1-1

The second choice is invalid,  and leads to a kernel compile that
utterly fails,  with an error message that most people would find
cryptic.

I think that this should be changed to gcc < 4.3,  although there
may be a more exactly defined point where the breakage occurs.

The success of make-kpkg is creating its own problems, like users
who want to compile their kernel but do not know anything about C
compilers.   I think this is something that dependencies can help
with.

It may be possible to use some sort of "conflicts" dependency for
gcc, like "conflicts gcc >= 4.3",  but I think that this would be
hard to get right, since some people just want to READ the source!

bfn,

John


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)