Re: [Sheflug] GCC Compiler

["Alex Hudson" <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

>     >> 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.

Eeeeeeee gads.  :) I thought you were an advocate of dumb software? :)

Although, I somewhat agree with you. To my mind, the gcc package *shouldn't*
request binutils, libc, stuff like that, it should just be gcc. But
potential developers should be able to get linux-dev.rpm or something
similar, which would include a 'proper' development environment, rather than
having to download all the bits they need (which would be obvious bits, of
course. Obvious once you'd tried to use the package and it didn't work ;)

Cheers,

Alex.

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