On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 02:49:21PM -0000, GreatBunzinni wrote: > I'm using edgy and according to the apt database, r-base depends of r > -base-core, which depends of gcc (>= 4.1.0) and libgfortran1 (>= 4.1.0), > not g77. > > After a bit more digging, I found out that the only package that needs > GCC 3.4 is r-cran-mgcv, which depends of atlas3-base and libgfortran. > atlas3-base depends of libg2c0, which depends of GCC 3.4. So there's > your dependency. > > In the end it seems that R lists GCC 3.4 as a requirement because the > package r-base-core lists the r-recommended package as a requirement > instead of recommended. Because of that decision, whoever wishes to > install R must install another version of GCC just because a single non- > vital, potentially unnecessary package needs it to run. > > If anyone fixes that single dependency then the need for GCC 3.4 simply > vanishes for the vast majority of Edgy R users.
What "single dependency" do you think should be fixed here? r-base depending on r-recommended? r-recommended depending on r-cran-mgcv? r-cran-mgcv depending on ATLAS/BLAS? Anyway, I don't know if we have an R expert among MOTUs, the better people to ask for this kind of fix probably are the Debian R package maintainers. Ming 2006.11.05 -- the R package depends of GCC 3.4 https://launchpad.net/bugs/70251 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
