Re^4: Problems with Inline::C on Ubuntu

$ apt-cache depends libinline-perl
libinline-perl
  Depends: perl
  Depends: <libdigest-md5-perl>
    perl
  Depends: libparse-recdescent-perl
 |Recommends: gcc
  Recommends: <c-compiler>
    bcc
    gcc
    gcc-3.3
    gcc-3.4
    gcc-4.1
    gcc-4.2
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The problem lies with the fact that Inline::C gets packaged with Inline in the debian package. So i t can't properly require that you have a C compiler or proper headers(because you might just be installing this as a dependency of Inline::Octave)

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Re^5: Problems with Inline::C on Ubuntu by syphilis (Archbishop) on Apr 22, 2008 at 12:16 UTC
So i t can't properly require that you have a C compiler or proper headers(because you might just be installing this as a dependency of Inline::Octave) Seriously ... they do that ?? Assuming you're correct, it's laughable (in the sense of "deplorable and ridiculous") that debian would install Inline::C without ensuring that those requisite headers (and the C compiler) are also installed. Actually, in any case, I find it laughable that linux distros in general install broken builds of perl by default. Why do they do that ? Can't they afford the extra space on a 400GB hard drive ? Cheers, Rob	[reply]

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Re^5: Problems with Inline::C on Ubuntu
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Apr 22, 2008 at 12:16 UTC

So i t can't properly require that you have a C compiler or proper headers(because you might just be installing this as a dependency of Inline::Octave)

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