Dale Scheetz writes: > I got past the mailx problem by simply placing a "bare" shell script in > /usr/bin/mailx, and making it executable. > > This got the compilation going, but after an hour or so the build died > because, in gc.c, the references to gc.h and gc_typed.h were not found. > > Looking at the Contents file for potato, I saw lots of packages that > provide a copy of gc.h, but only two that provide gc_typed.h: libgc4-dev, > and openc++. They do _not_ provide these files in /usr/include, but in > their own subdirectories within /usr/include/. > > At the very least, I can install one of these packages, and, if necessary, > move the files into /usr/include, but the question remains, which one? > > Or, is there some other solution to this failure?
Please see debian/control. debian/README.build is outdated, but points into the right direction. Use libgc5-dev.
