Compiler as Require

[Mario Blättermann]

Am 26.08.2011 21:41, schrieb Peter Lemenkov:
> 2011/8/26 Sergio Belkin<sebelk at gmail.com>:
>> Hi
>> Is it OK include a compiler (eg gcc-c++) for a "-devel" subpackage?
>
> This sounds very weird. My opinion - no.
>
The packaging guide prevents us from using a compiler as a BR, because 
it is part of the basic build environment anyway. But using a compiler 
as a runtime requirement should be OK. As far as I know, compilers are 
not usually in the (automatically generated) runtime dependency list of 
a -devel subpackage.

Best Regards,

Mario