On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 05:02:37PM +0100, Karsten Hilbert wrote: > > >The "problem" with bootstrapping is that Debian does not > > >allow to use "foreign" binaries (that is, binaries not > > >buildable on Debian) in order to build packages. > > > > [KSB3] So Debian doesn't use gcc? > > Of course it does and there's been an exception for it.
It's not the only exceptional case; I believe haskell (ghc) build depends on itself. Have you consulted them for pointers on bootstrapping? > But that doesn't mean we should ask for an exception when it is not > truly needed. I agree with that! -Steve
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