Cosimo Alfarano writes:
> On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 01:41:30PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > > I thought libstdc++5-dev depends on the default gcc/g++ version in
> > > Debian, something similar to gcc thats depends on gcc-3.3, but it
> > > depends on 3.2 and libstdc++-3.3-dev on g++3.3.
> > >
> > > Don't you find it counterintuitive?
> > No.
>
> Why?
>
> One is versioned in the name, and it's clear.
> The other is not versioned, so instinctively I'd guess it refers to the
> default g++. That's the way debian package policies usually use, AFAIK.
>
> I don't care, I only would like the idea behind.
both are versioned ('5'), to distinguish the both, they have different
package names.
> Yes, but I need a run-time dep, it's a C++ library and build-essentials
> is not mandatory for users.
there is only one package with the runtime library.
