On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 01:40:53PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:22:51 -0400 > Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > gcc-2.95 (2.95.3.ds3-5) testing unstable; urgency=low > > > * For each binary compiler package xxx-2.95 add a dependency on > > xxx (>= 1:2.95.3-2). Fixes #85135, #85141, #85154, #85222, #85539, > > #85570, #85578. > > * Fix typos. Add note about gcc-2.97 to README (fixes #85180). > > > You may refer to all of those bugs for reasons why this is so. > > Uh, no. I see no reason why gcc-2.95 must depend on a package which does > nothing more than install a symlink called gcc which, in turn, depends on > gcc-3.3 forcing 3.3 to be installed. Furthermore it is insane that a person > could apt-get install gcc-2.95 ; gcc -v and get 3.3!
Actually, that one isn't unique: $ sudo apt-get install python2.1 [...] $ python -V Python 2.2.3+ $ python2.1 -V Python 2.1.3+ Debian python has a similar arrangement whereby if you want /usr/bin/python you depend on python, and if you want /usr/bin/python2.1 you depend on python2.1. It doesn't have the python2.1 -> python dependency, though; that seems to be reserved for the default version. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
