tag 364845 + wontfix thanks On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 12:26:11PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 11:11:00PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote: > > glibc has a build-depends on libc6-dev-amd64 on i386, and libc6-dev-i386 on > > amd64. This makes bootstrapping difficult. > > > > Why can't it just use itself? Doesn't it use gcc in standalone mode, so > > that > > gcc doesn't need any system-installed development files? > > No, and you can't build GCC packages without a glibc either. They're > interdependent. > > I believe that you can not run glibc's configure script for the 64-bit > packages without the 64-bit libraries involved. >
Yes, the configure script needs to compile some test codes to determine if support for various things is available or not. Therefore we really need this recursive build-depends. I am therefore tagging this bug as wontfix. -- .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
