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FS#52114 - [clang] Provide c-compiler
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Opened by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Sunday, 11 December 2016, 17:04 GMT
Last edited by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Saturday, 04 February 2017, 06:58 GMT
Opened by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Sunday, 11 December 2016, 17:04 GMT
Last edited by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Saturday, 04 February 2017, 06:58 GMT
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DetailsCould the clang package please:
provide=('c-compiler') This would be similar to how the Java JDK packages are doing things. It would be useful in packages like rust and cargo to depend on 'c-compiler' instead of clang or gcc specifically. |
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Closed by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Saturday, 04 February 2017, 06:58 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Saturday, 04 February 2017, 06:58 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Comment by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) -
Sunday, 11 December 2016, 17:57 GMT
Using provides for this feels wrong; in the case of Java it makes sense since they provide same-named binaries and are more-or-less interchangeable.