On 22/04/07, TMorgan99 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > given the above, why build-essential is not required or suggested in > package dependencies for gcc.? >
gcc does recommend the piece that it needs: libc6-dev. It's just more customary that if you need a full build environment that you install build-essential. You're not required to load it, because the C compiler works fine for compiling kernels and kernel modules, for which no libc is required. Tks, Jeff Bailey -- gcc fails to compile a minimal C program https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/87793 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
