Package: gcc-multilib Version: 4:7.1.0-2 Severity: wishlist gcc-multilib currently provides two independent features: 1. the /usr/include/asm symbolic link (which has nothing to do with a specific GCC version); 2. depends on the default GCC version (currently via gcc-7-multilib).
Because on that, one currently has the following issue if one wants to install a non-default multilib GCC version, e.g. gcc-6-multilib: 1. gcc-6-multilib (like the other gcc-X-multilib packages) depends on libc6-dev-i386. 2. libc6-dev-i386 recommends[*] gcc-multilib. 3. gcc-multilib depends on the default multilib GCC version, currently gcc-7-multilib. [*] currently suggests, but this will be reverted to recommends because the /usr/include/asm symbolic link is needed any gcc-X-multilib compiler: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=865429#20 So, installing gcc-6-multilib has the effect to install gcc-7-multilib, while the user may just want version 6. Something needs to be done to avoid that. Shouldn't the /usr/include/asm symbolic link be provided either by libc6-dev-i386 or by the individual gcc-X-multilib packages, for instance? In such a case, libc6-dev-i386 would no longer need to recommend gcc-multilib. -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.11.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=POSIX (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages gcc-multilib depends on: ii cpp 4:7.1.0-2 ii gcc 4:7.1.0-2 ii gcc-7-multilib 7.1.0-13 ii linux-libc-dev 4.11.11-1 gcc-multilib recommends no packages. gcc-multilib suggests no packages. -- no debconf information