Adam Heath writes: > On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Christian Kurz wrote: > > > > > > Package: libg++272 (main) > > > > > Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > 47212 [m68k] libg++272_2.7.2.8-1 build failure > > > > > > > > Here we need the help from the M68K-Team to find the bug and a > > > solution > > > > for it. > > > > > This is a more general issue. Currently even on i386 libg++272 does > > > not build with a gcc272, which was built on potato. We would need a > > > glibc-2.0 based build environment, I doubt this is worth the > > > trouble. Currently there are only the following packages dependant on > > > libg++272: > > > > > netscape & communicator > > > > > and optimizer (Does not compile with gcc-2.9x and egcs). The > > > maintainer wanted to remove this package for the slink release. But > > > it's still there ... > > > > So, can we surely remove the package without breaking much stuff? What > > does the maintainer say about this issue? > > Um, removing the package will make netscape not function. Do we really want > to do that(the netscape maintainer).
misunderstanding: I assume, that netscape does not need libg++272-dev and g++272. So if optimizer is removed, these two packages are not needed anymore. I doubt that netscape is built on a Debian system, but you'll never know ;-)
