hi, i don't really know where that gcc-3.2 is coming from. as you can see curl doesn't depend on it explicitly.
anyway debian has migrated to gcc 3.2 as default compiler and i build curl with gcc 3.2 since a couple of releases ago. maybe it is required someway. i'm CC debian-devel@, maybe some kind soul might help here cheers cavok $ dpkg -s curl libcurl2 Package: curl Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: web Installed-Size: 284 Maintainer: Domenico Andreoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 7.10.4-1 Replaces: curl-ssl Provides: curl-ssl Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libcurl2 (>= 7.10.4-1), libssl0.9.7, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Description: Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS, FTP or GOPHER server curl is a client to get files from servers using any of the supported protocols. The command is designed to work without user interaction or any kind of interactivity. . curl offers a busload of useful tricks like proxy support, user authentication, ftp upload, HTTP post, file transfer resume and more. . More information can be found at the curl web site http://curl.haxx.se . Package: libcurl2 Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: libs Installed-Size: 512 Maintainer: Domenico Andreoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: curl Version: 7.10.4-1 Replaces: libcurl2-ssl Provides: libcurl2-ssl Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libssl0.9.7, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Suggests: ca-certificates Description: Multi-protocol file transfer library, now with SSL support! libcurl is designed to be a solid, usable, reliable and portable multi-protocol file transfer library. . This is the shared version of libcurl. . More information can be found at the curl web site http://curl.haxx.se . On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 01:17:44PM +0200, Bj?rn Stenberg wrote: > Hi. > > I'm looking at http://packages.qa.debian.org/c/curl.html and noticed it says > curl depends on gcc-3.2. How come? I spoke to Daniel and he says he never > even uses gcc 3.2, so it's obviously not an upstream dependency. > > The reason I'm asking is that this dependency stops curl from entering > testing. Testing now contains a curl version that is over a year old. > -----[ Domenico Andreoli, aka cavok --[ http://filibusta.crema.unimi.it/~cavok/gpgkey.asc ---[ 3A0F 2F80 F79C 678A 8936 4FEE 0677 9033 A20E BC50