Package: gcc-mingw32 Version: 4.4.2-5 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 7.2
I upgraded to 4.4.2-5, and noticed that it no longer Depends on mingw32-runtime. Instead, it Recommends mingw32-runtime and mingw-w64. I'd guess this occurred so that users don't need to install both of those runtimes, just the one for the target platform. However, without either of them, the package seems entirely non-functional. Without a runtime for a given target, gcc fails with errors like "error: stdio.h: No such file or directory". For the ideal solution, I'd propose putting the 32-bit and 64-bit compilers in separate binary packages, each with Depends on the corresponding runtime. That way, the installed compiler will always work. As an alternative, if you really need to keep the 32-bit and 64-bit compilers in the same package, you could have a Depends on "mingw32-runtime | mingw-w64", in addition to the Recommends for each of them separately. That would ensure that the user has to install at least one runtime. However, it would still mean that one or the other compiler would remain non-functional. - Josh Triplett -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gcc-mingw32 depends on: ii libc6 2.10.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgmp3c2 2:4.3.2+dfsg-1 Multiprecision arithmetic library ii libmpfr1ldbl 2.4.2-3 multiple precision floating-point ii mingw32-binutils 2.20-0.1 Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) binut Versions of packages gcc-mingw32 recommends: pn mingw-w64 <none> (no description available) pn mingw32-runtime <none> (no description available) Versions of packages gcc-mingw32 suggests: pn cpp-doc <none> (no description available) pn gcc-doc <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
