Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=489686 --- Comment #55 from Conrad Sanderson <conradsand@xxxxxxxx> 2009-06-14 07:15:24 EDT --- (In reply to comment #54) > there is no need to explicitly set a dependency on gcc-c++ > ... > So, to recap, I would just list boost-devel within > the 'Requires:' dependency, and add the result of > that discussion within the Wiki The intent was never to put a dependency on gcc-c++, but specifically only on libstdc++-devel. Jussi Lehtola (comment #52) seems to agree with this. According to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Exceptions_2 "There is no need to include the following packages or their dependencies as BuildRequires", followed by a list which includes gcc-c++. However, these exceptions are for "BuildRequires" and not "Requires". So we can't assume that gcc-c++ is installed on the user's machine, and hence we can't assume that libstc++-devel is installed. It can be stated that Armadillo is not usable without a C++ compiler, however we leave the choice of the compiler upto the user. The question is whether libstdc++-devel is specific to g++, or whether it can be used by other compilers (including g++ derivatives). If it can be used by other compilers, I'd prefer to have the "Requires" as follows for armadillo-devel: Requires: boost-devel, libstdc++-devel -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-review mailing list Fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-review