Bug#214062: xbase-clients: Dependancy on cpp-3.2

[Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com>]

Package: xbase-clients
Version: 4.2.1-6
Severity: normal



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: powerpc
Kernel: Linux miles 2.4.21 #1 Mon Aug 4 04:47:57 EST 2003 ppc
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (ignored: LC_ALL set to POSIX)

Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on:
ii  cpp                       4:3.3.1-2      The GNU C preprocessor.
ii  libc6                     2.3.2-7        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libdps1                   4.2.1-11       Display PostScript (DPS) client li
ii  libfreetype6              2.1.5-2        FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libncurses5               5.3.20030719-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libxaw7                   4.2.1-11       X Athena widget set library
ii  xlibmesa3-gl [libgl1]     4.2.1-11       Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86]
ii  xlibmesa3-glu             4.2.1-11       Mesa OpenGL utility library [XFree
ii  xlibs                     4.2.1-11       X Window System client libraries

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Why does xbase-clients (and xdm and xutils) depend on cpp-3.2?

If it really does need a C preprocessor why isn't the dependancy on cpp (>=3.2)
or something else sensible.

I currently have a machine with limited disk space. I already have gcc-2.95
for compiling the kernel and gcc-3.3 for just about everything else. Having
to install parts of gcc-3.2 as well just seems strange.