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<code>Bug#9690</code>; Package <code>dpkg</code>.


debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.orgIan Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

Subject: Bug#9690: dpkg: Hidden dependency on gcc
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.7

Displays:
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec C compiler `gcc': No such file or directory
dpkg: subprocess gcc --print-libgcc-file-name returned error exit status 2

I don't have gcc and don't want to have to have it on this system.  There is
no reason that dpkg should require it.

The above message was displayed when I selected "update".

-- System Information
Debian Release: 1.2
Kernel Version: Linux happy 2.0.25 #1 Fri Feb 28 16:49:31 CST 1997 i386

Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
libc5	Version: 5.4.20-1
ncurses3.0	Version: 1.9.9e-1



<strong>Acknowledgement sent</strong> to <code>John Goerzen &lt;jgoerzen@happy.cs.twsu.edu&gt;</code>:<br>
New bug report received and forwarded.  Copy sent to <code>Ian Jackson &lt;ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk&gt;</code>.


-t

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Subject: dpkg: Hidden dependency on gcc

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.7

Displays:
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec C compiler `gcc': No such file or directory
dpkg: subprocess gcc --print-libgcc-file-name returned error exit status 2

I don't have gcc and don't want to have to have it on this system.  There is
no reason that dpkg should require it.

The above message was displayed when I selected "update".

-- System Information
Debian Release: 1.2
Kernel Version: Linux happy 2.0.25 #1 Fri Feb 28 16:49:31 CST 1997 i386

Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
libc5	Version: 5.4.20-1
ncurses3.0	Version: 1.9.9e-1



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<code>Bug#9690</code>; Package <code>dpkg</code>.


debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.orgIan Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

Subject: Bug#9690: dpkg: Hidden dependency on gcc
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John Goerzen <jgoerzen@happy.cs.twsu.edu> writes:
> I don't have gcc and don't want to have to have it on this system.  There is
> no reason that dpkg should require it.

[ The following response is a repeat of my response to Bug #9089.
  Andy: are you still actively maintaining dpkg-ftp?  If not, would
  you object if I made a release to fix some of the more commonly
  reported bugs? ]

dpkg provides three different options to give architecture information
about the machine on which it is run:

dpkg --print-installation-architecture:

  This returns the architecture string for the machine on which
  dpkg is being run, is determined when dpkg is compiled, and is
  contained statically within the dpkg binary

dpkg --print-architecture:

  This prints the Debian architecture string for the machine type for
  which the compile environment is currently configured to generate
  executable code.  Typically this will be the same as the output of
  'dpkg --print-installation-architecture', but it may be different
  when one is cross-compiling.  dpkg currently uses 
  'gcc --print-libgc-file-name' to determine the current compilation
  target architecture.

dpkg --print-gnu-build-architecture:

  The same as 'dpkg --print-architecture', except that it prints the
  machine component of the GNU 'configure' string for the architecture
  instead of the Debian architecture string.  The machine component of
  the GNU 'configure' string will typically be the same as the Debian
  architecture string, except GNU uses 'i486' where Debian uses 'i386'.

I agree that the hidden dependence of dpkg on gcc is less than
optimal, but given that the two options in question are only designed
to be used when building architecture-specific packages, I believe it
to be the best available solution at the moment.

Roman Hodek <Roman.Hodek@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> has recently been
doing a good bit of work on cross-compilation; this may well lead to
some improvements in the way dpkg is handling things.

Here, though, I believe the problem to be in dpkg-ftp: I believe that
line 32 of 'update' and line 31 of 'setup' should be changed to use
'dpkg --print-installation-architecture' instead of 'dpkg
--print-architecture'.  Accordingly, I'm reassigning this bug report
to dpkg-ftp.



<strong>Acknowledgement sent</strong> to <code>Klee Dienes &lt;klee@mit.edu&gt;</code>:<br>
Extra info received and forwarded to list.  Copy sent to <code>Ian Jackson &lt;ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk&gt;</code>.


-t

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John Goerzen <jgoerzen@happy.cs.twsu.edu> writes:
> I don't have gcc and don't want to have to have it on this system.  There is
> no reason that dpkg should require it.

[ The following response is a repeat of my response to Bug #9089.
  Andy: are you still actively maintaining dpkg-ftp?  If not, would
  you object if I made a release to fix some of the more commonly
  reported bugs? ]

dpkg provides three different options to give architecture information
about the machine on which it is run:

dpkg --print-installation-architecture:

  This returns the architecture string for the machine on which
  dpkg is being run, is determined when dpkg is compiled, and is
  contained statically within the dpkg binary

dpkg --print-architecture:

  This prints the Debian architecture string for the machine type for
  which the compile environment is currently configured to generate
  executable code.  Typically this will be the same as the output of
  'dpkg --print-installation-architecture', but it may be different
  when one is cross-compiling.  dpkg currently uses 
  'gcc --print-libgc-file-name' to determine the current compilation
  target architecture.

dpkg --print-gnu-build-architecture:

  The same as 'dpkg --print-architecture', except that it prints the
  machine component of the GNU 'configure' string for the architecture
  instead of the Debian architecture string.  The machine component of
  the GNU 'configure' string will typically be the same as the Debian
  architecture string, except GNU uses 'i486' where Debian uses 'i386'.

I agree that the hidden dependence of dpkg on gcc is less than
optimal, but given that the two options in question are only designed
to be used when building architecture-specific packages, I believe it
to be the best available solution at the moment.

Roman Hodek <Roman.Hodek@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> has recently been
doing a good bit of work on cross-compilation; this may well lead to
some improvements in the way dpkg is handling things.

Here, though, I believe the problem to be in dpkg-ftp: I believe that
line 32 of 'update' and line 31 of 'setup' should be changed to use
'dpkg --print-installation-architecture' instead of 'dpkg
--print-architecture'.  Accordingly, I'm reassigning this bug report
to dpkg-ftp.



<strong>Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg-ftp'.</strong>
Request was from <code>Klee Dienes &lt;klee@mit.edu&gt;</code>
to <code>control@bugs.debian.org</code>. 


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reassign 9690 dpkg-ftp