I'm trying to package up the compiler TenDRA compilers (see http://alph.dra.hmg.gb/TenDRA/ for more information). I've just about got everything working - the only problem that I can see at the minute is that it requires a couple of object files which are part of gcc and installed in the private gcc directory /usr/lib/gcc-lib/<arch>/<version>
I could point at the object files directly, but that seems silly - not only would it give TenDRA a dependancy on gcc, it would give it a dependancy on a specific version of gcc. I was thinking that instead of doing that I should simply require that the package be built on a system with gcc installed and copy the files into the package as it is being built. This is a horrible and inelegant thing to do, but it should work. Is this a reasonable thing to do in a package? -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFS http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/
