Package: lcov
Version: 2.1-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi! Could you please consider relaxing the dependency on gcc? lcov does
not always require gcov for operation, and even then, llvm-cov can be
used instead. Also, installing gcc can be undesirable in some cases, see
<https://github.com/pistacheio/pistache/pull/1256>.
You could either demote the "Depends: gcc" to "Recommends: gcc", or
change the dependency to "Depends: gcc | llvm".
I'm attaching a patch implementing the second suggestion, which
I personally like a bit more.
Thanks! Bye :)
From 8e065beba3725ab535d5a70753794e7327d780a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Pappacoda <and...@pappacoda.it>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 08:55:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] d/control: depend on gcc | llvm
Closes: #-1
---
debian/control | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 819a543..f989f1b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Depends:
${misc:Depends},
${perl:Depends},
${python3:Depends},
- gcc,
+ gcc | llvm,
libcapture-tiny-perl,
libdatetime-perl,
libtimedate-perl,
--
2.45.2
