On 03 May 2010, at 21:04, Alexander Hansen wrote: > I think we're straying afield. We're not talking about BuildDepends: > gcc here. We're talking about (I believe): > > 1) Allowing multiple gccN-compiler packages to coexist, and maintain > their gccN-shlibs. > 2) Ordinarily packages will Depend: gcc4N and BuildDepend: > gcc4N-compiler (assuming that's where the headers reside--I'm a bit > hazy > on the final division here) > 3) A convenience package for _runtime_ use by packages that don't > build > against a gccN but simply _use_ one of its compilers (e.g. gfortran) > without caring what version it is, so that such packages didn't have > to > stipulate a particular gccN.
4) A (just "convenience" ?) pkg for users who just want to run gfortran or whatever compiler on some routine, and don't want the hassle to have to find out the full path and/or exact prefixes/suffixes everytime. JF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
