Michael Tautschnig wrote: >> Hi, >> >> the source package java-gcj-compat just got removed from unstable. That >> breaks quite a number of other packages but the fix should be trivial in >> most cases: change the Build-Depends to default-jdk. Please DON'T use >> default-jdk-builddep except you know what you are doing. >> > > Would you mind explaining why one should not use default-jdk-builddep? The > name > pretty much suggests to use it that way. > > Thanks, > Michael >
Hi Because the name is very poorly chosen. default-jdk-builddep pulls 2 JDKs on most archs and should only be used to ensure you can build "-gcj" packages. However, most source packages do not have these. A simple build-rdeps on it suggests that some 87 packages B-D on it but we surely do not have that many packages actually providing -gcj packages. ~Niels
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