Re: BLFS 12.4 systemd Cython-3.1.3 Module

On 9/12/25 10:37 PM, Xi Ruoyao ([email protected] via blfs-support 
Mailing List) wrote:
> On Fri, 2025-09-12 at 18:46 -0400, Joe Locash wrote:
>>> I don't know, but it should be noted that if we point out this we should
>>> also point it out for rustc (for rust-gdb), systemd (for coredumpctl
>>> debug), and maybe others.
>> Is it that hard to add an optional dependency to 3 packages with a note?
> "I don't know" means I'm not pretty sure if this should be considered
> the package requests the functionality of gdb, or the user requests the
> functionality of gdb.  The examples are just something I can quickly
> come up with.
>
> And it's just "I don't know."  I don't mean I already consider it
> shouldn't be done.
>
> Another similar question: should we say lld is an optional dependency of
> GCC because GCC supports -fuse-ld=lld and that will fail without lld?

That's not a similar question.  In this specific case cygdb requires gdb 
to be installed in order to work. With your gcc example using lld would 
be an alternate to GNU ld.

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