Re: [Sheflug] GCC Compiler

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <nospam [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>]

>>>>> "Al" == Alex Hudson <eah106 [at] york.ac.uk> writes:

    >> I can't believe you can install a gcc rpm without it suggesting
    >> the libc dev package and binutils.  What gives?

    Al> gcc can be a cross-compiler - so it wouldn't necessarily be
    Al> using those packages. Steven, surely you're not advocating rpm
    Al> make an educated guess on behalf of a user so that software
    Al> (while not strictly a dependency) asks for other stuff that
    Al> might be useful?? :))

You got it.

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