Hallo Helmut,
On 4 November 2024 at 22:18, Helmut Grohne wrote: | Source: gsl | Version: 2.8+dfsg-4 | Tags: patch | User: debian-cr...@lists.debian.org | Usertags: cross-satisfiability | | gsl cannot be cross built from source, because its dependencies on gcc | and binutils cannot satisfied. They need "toolchain dependency cross | translation" which has been unavailable until earlier this year. I read this paragraph three times and still do not understand. The constraint was there for years, possibly a decade, and always satisfied. What does "toolchain dependency cross translation" mean? What does it change? (I did see posts from you on debian-science but I haven't followed super closely ...) | However, it turns out that these dependencies are always satisfied for | native builds since at least buster, so we may just drop them instead. Yep. In fact I considered dropping them when I did the last update just days ago. | I'm attaching a patch for your convenience. Thanks, I think I will fold it in. We can do with with the versioned depends. Tschuess, Dirk | Helmut | x[DELETED ATTACHMENT gsl_2.8+dfsg-4.1.debdiff, plain text] -- dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org
