Scripsit Joel Aelwyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The reason given in the origional thread was that these Depends are not > solely for building Debian packages (when Build-Essential is reasonable to > expect), but for "I need to compile $userspace package", which does *not* > require B-E be installed, according to current policy.
But can one get a C compiler at all (at least a Debian-supplied one) without also pulling in an appropriate libc-dev? I would think that "I need to compile $userspace package" *did* require at least a compiler to be installed, regardless of policy. Libc6-dev does *recommend* c-compiler, but that does not help with "I need to compile $userspace package" if $userspace package does not happen to require any third-party libraries. -- Henning Makholm "My fate? Servitude to the Embodiment of Whoops." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]