Re: What are the dependencies of the gcc-4.2-base package?
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Simon Hollenbach
<ionpowered@googlemail.com> wrote:
> ----- Original message -----
>> I was paring down my installation and the command for gcc-4.2-base more
>> or less threatened to wipe out everything on the server.
>> apt-get purge gcc-4.2-base
> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/gcc-4.2-base
>> Is that the norm, or is it due to a corrupted package database?
> i think its what it should do
>> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
>> required:
>> libdns35 linux-libc-dev autotools-dev openvpn-blacklist
>> The following extra packages will be installed:
>> libdns35
>> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>> adduser* ajaxterm* apache2* apache2-mpm-prefork* apache2-utils*
>> apache2.2-common* apt* apt-show-versions* apt-utils*
>> aptitude* base-files* base-passwd* bash* belocs-locales-bin* bind9*
>> binutils* bsdmainutils* bsdutils*
>> build-essential* bzip2* comerr-dev* console-setup* console-terminus*
>> console-tools* coreutils* cpio* cpp* cpp-4.2*
>> cron* curl* dash* debconf* debconf-i18n* debianutils* debootstrap*
>> defoma* dhcp3-client* dhcp3-common* dhcp3-server*
>> diff* dmidecode* dpkg* dpkg-dev* e2fslibs* e2fsprogs* eject* ethtool*
>> fail2ban* file* findutils* fontconfig*
>> fontconfig-config* g++* g++-4.2* gcc* gcc-4.2* gcc-4.2-base*
>> gettext-base* gnupg* gpgv* grep* groff-base* gzip*
>> hostname* ifupdown* initramfs-tools* initscripts* iproute* iptables*
>> iputils-ping* klogd* laptop-detect* less*
>> libacl1* libapache2-mod-php5* libapr1* libaprutil1* libapt-pkg-perl*
>> libatm1* libattr1* libaudio2*
>> libauthen-pam-perl* libbind9-30* libblkid1* libbz2-1.0* libc6*
> I think that ones quite essentiell
>
> GNU C Library: Shared libraries
>
> Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on the
> system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and
> the standard math library, as well as many others.
> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libc6
>
>
gcc != libc or glibc (as it's currently known)
gcc == gnu c compiler
they're also separate packages under debian.
i don't know what's up with the purge. it should just mess with things
like build-essentials and possibly things gotten through 'apt-get
source'.
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