Subject: Bug#3838: GCC should depend on CPP, not conflict with it

From: Ian Jackson <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 96 22:48 BST

Package: gcc
Version: 2.7.2-8

The fact that gcc includes cpp and thus conflicts with it is causing
confusion for users who know that they need cpp and don't realise that
gcc includes it, and for people who want to switch between the two and
try to select cpp for removal in dselect (which makes it want to
remove lots of important stuff).

gcc should instead depend on cpp.

Ian.

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From: [email-masked] (David Engel)
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 09:48:46 -0500 (CDT)

> gcc should instead depend on cpp.

This would force an exact version match between cpp and gcc and I
would very much like to avoid those situations.  Yes, I know this is
already done with shared library run-time and development packages.
Unless you can come up with a better suggestion, I can have cpp and
gcc conflict AND replace each other.

David
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From: Ian Jackson <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 96 01:10 BST

David Engel writes ("Re: Bug#3838: GCC should depend on CPP, not conflict with it"):
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> gcc conflict AND replace each other.

Hmm.  Why is it necessary for gcc to know which version of cpp is
available, or for it to have exactly the right one ?

Ian.

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From: Ian Jackson <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 96 01:10 BST

Ian.