Bug#1135774: gcc-defaults is not binNMU-safe: gcc-for-build is not installable

Matthias Klose <[email protected]> Tue, 7 Jul 2026 14:44:17 +0200

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On 5/5/26 20:43, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> Package: gcc-for-build
> Severity: important
> User: [email protected]
> Usertags: rebootstrap
> 
> Hi Matthias,
> 
> gcc-defaults got binNMUed. That made me realize that it is not
> binNMU-safe. When I added gcc-for-host/gcc-for-build, I made a mistake
> and issued a (= ...) dependency from gcc-for-build (arch:all) on gcc
> (arch:any). That dependency is now unsatisfiable. I'm attaching a patch
> to relax it for binNMUs.

I don't think that the upper dependency is necessary.