FS#52114 - [clang] Provide c-compiler

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
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
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Could 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
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.

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