[Bug 599567] New: mingw32-gcc should not drag in mingw32-pthreads

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Summary: mingw32-gcc should not drag in mingw32-pthreads

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599567

Summary: mingw32-gcc should not drag in mingw32-pthreads
           Product: Fedora
           Version: 13
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: medium
          Priority: low
         Component: mingw32-gcc
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    Classification: Fedora
    Target Release: ---

Description of problem:
mingw32-gcc currently drags in a dependency on mingw32-pthreads, which in turn
forces some namespace pollution due to its buggy <pthread.h> header.  It would
be much nicer if the mingw32-pthreads package remained optional, since it can
interfere with cross-compilation efforts to mingw.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mingw32-gcc-4.4.2-2.fc13.x86_64
mingw32-pthreads-2.8.0-10.fc13.noarch

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install mingw32-gcc

Actual results:
mingw32-pthreads gets sucked in as a required dependency to the cross-compiler.

Expected results:
Mere presence of the cross-compiler shouldn't force the existence of a broken
<pthread.h>.  Either the compiler needs to be built without mingw32-pthreads,
or mingw32-pthreads needs to be split into two packages (runtime dependency of
the compiler, vs. development library that installs <pthread.h> for situations
that actually want to use this library in spite of its current upstream flaws).

Additional info: