Branden Robinson writes:
> Questions for debian-{x,devel}:
>
> 1) Should libstdc++-dev dependencies be made "artificially" strict in
> packages destined for sid so that it's harder for packages built
> against, say, libstdc++3 to accidentally sneak in and start regressing
> the C++ ABI transition progress?
A dependency on the libstdc++-dev package is not (yet) needed, as
every new major version of gcc comes with a new libstdc++XXX-dev
package. Maybe it's better to depend on g++ (>= 3:3.3-1) or a specific
g++ version if yoou need it. I'll file a report on build-essential to
tighten this dependency.
> 2) Is libstdc++5-3.3 ABI-compatible with libstdc+5? Does the former
> have any symbols that the latter lacks?
Yes. No (modulo bugs). You can check this by comparing
/usr/share/doc/libstdc++5-dev/README.libstdc++5-baseline
and
/usr/share/doc/libstdc++5-3.3-dev/README.libstdc++5-3.3-baseline
Matthias
