Michael Tautschnig wrote:
I just checked out the debian/control file and found
- dependencies on g++ *Version 3.4.2* - why does it depend on exactly
this single version
In general, all versions of GCC have changed the implemented C++ ABI in one way or another. This means that you cannot expect a C++ library compiled with GCC version x to work with a C++ program compiled with GCC version y if x != y. The situation will no doubt improve in the future, but up to now things have been like this (to put it more directly: the user should use the very same version of g++ the packager did use).
Then, both 3.4.1 and 3.4.3 have bugs that affect the library. For 3.4.1 I was not completely sure the bug was in the compiler (as opposed to binutils or some other component of the toolchain). For 3.4.3 the situation was much worse and I had to quickly uninstall that version of the compiler from my machines.
Finally, I believe we now depend on C++ features that are not correctly supported by 3.3.x.
- missing dependencies on automake1.9 and autoconf
Automake and autoconf are only needed by developers. People downloading tarballs or packages do not need Automake, Autoconf or Libtool. This is, at least, the intention. If I am mistaken, please let me know. Cheers,
Roberto