In preparing the packaging for an upcoming gcc43-4.3.2-1000
release, I decided to switch the dependencies for cctools to
xcode (>= 2.5). However 'fink -m' reports that...
WARNING: The package gcc43 Depends on xcode,
but xcode only allows things to BuildDepend on it.
This doesn't seem appropriate since Apple has for some time
assumed that the newer FSF gcc releases will require the
linker tools from the latest Xcode release. This requirement
isn't just for building gcc but for using it to compile and
link binaries. The fink restriction of not allowing a Depends
on xcode means that a user could download a prebuilt binary
of gcc4X which would have been built with the appropariate
Xcode while he is using an inappropriate earlier version.
I strongly believe the xcode virtual package should be allowed
to have Depends as well as BuildDepends.
Jack
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