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From: Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Binary packages
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:28:19
Message-Id: 200602090924.08447.jstubbs@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Binary packages by Mark Loeser
1 On Thursday 09 February 2006 08:19, Mark Loeser wrote:
2 > Anyone that is maintaining a binary package in the tree, and requires
3 > libstdc++-v3, please put a rdepend in your package on
4 > =virtual/libstdc++-3.3. I'd like to drop the dependency from gcc-3.4 and
5 > higher so that we do not needlessly force the libstdc++ package on people
6 > that do not need it.
7
8 It was my understanding that it is needed for the 3.3 -> 3.4 upgrade.
9 Various packages that will build fine against either are broken until
10 being recompiled after the upgrade and there is currently no way to
11 express this with dependencies.
12
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14 Jason Stubbs
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Binary packages Mark Loeser <halcy0n@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Binary packages Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>