28.02.2018 09:33 Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot(a)laposte.net> wrote:
Le mercredi 28 février 2018 à 00:11 -0500, Orcan Ogetbil a écrit :
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> Shouldn't we consider having -devel packages Require gcc or gcc-c++?
> What good is a header package without a compiler anyway?
> This would also (indirectly) pull in the compiler and fix most of
> these failed builds.
>
gcc is not the only compiler that reads header files
Also, do the header files actually *require* gcc to be present?
I know it makes sense to have both installed but there are potential
use cases where a user may need only the devel packages but not gcc:
- abrt may need devel packages to generate readable stack traces,
- a user may use a different compiler than gcc (e.g., compat-gcc-34).
Regards,
Rafal