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TheAmigo

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Registered: 2008-04-08

Posts: 59

xpdf depends on gcc?

I just noticed that the xpdf package depends on gcc.  This seems odd to me, so I tried without it:

get the other dependencies normally:

pacman -S lesstif t1lib gsfonts

then xpdf without gcc:

pacman -Sd xpdf

AFAICT, xpdf works just fine like this (although I have no printers, so I have not tested printing).  So I have to ask... does anyone know why xpdf depends on gcc?

sebcactus

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From: Germany

Registered: 2005-01-27

Posts: 277

Re: xpdf depends on gcc?

File a bug report
It should depend on gcc-libs instead of gcc

Last edited by sebcactus (2008-04-08 17:07:52)

dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: xpdf depends on gcc?

gcc wasnt a splitted package not too long ago. imo it still shouldnt . some apps still depend on it as there has been no reason yet to change the PKGBUILd to include the change.

Last edited by dolby (2008-04-08 17:08:17)

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TheAmigo

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Registered: 2008-04-08

Posts: 59

Re: xpdf depends on gcc?

Ah, that would explain why it works for me... I do have gcc-libs installed.

dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

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Re: xpdf depends on gcc?

by the way installing all the dependencies explicitly will not remove them eg. in the future is you stop using xpdf & probably nor show up as orphans.
i recommend installing with -S --asdeps next time

Last edited by dolby (2008-04-08 19:45:06)

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There shouldn't be any reason to learn more editor types than emacs or vi -- mg (1)
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TheAmigo

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Registered: 2008-04-08

Posts: 59

Re: xpdf depends on gcc?

good to know, thanks for the tip.