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Re: 64-bit gcc-4.8.1 package installs source instead


On Jul 23 17:47, Ryan Johnson wrote:
> On 07/22/2013 05:38 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> >On 2013-07-23 16:26, Ryan Johnson wrote:
> >>If I select the gcc-4.8.1-1 package from setup-64, it downloads and
> >>installs the gcc-4.8.1-src package
> >
> >gcc is only a source-only meta-package; you want to install
> >gcc-core, gcc-g++, etc.
> Oh, that's a little different than (a) the name suggests and (b)
> historical precedent, which IIRC had "gcc" as a meta package that
> pulled in all the other gcc-related stuff you'd need.
> 
> Anyway, thanks for the tip, I'll try that.

Shouldn't we introduce an empty gcc binary archive for just this
situation?


Corinna

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