[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#445075: nvidia-kernel-source: gcc-4.1 is needed by the makefile but is not depended upon

[Felipe Sateler]

Package: nvidia-kernel-source
Version: 100.14.19-1
Severity: normal

nvidia-kernel-source doesn't Depends: gcc-4.1, yet the build fails
without it:

$ m-a build nvidia
... snip ...
if ! gcc-4.1 -v 2> /dev/null  ; then \
           echo "Compiler gcc-4.1 does not exist on the system" ; \
           exit 1; \
        fi
Compiler gcc-4.1 does not exist on the system
make[1]: *** [configure-stamp] Error 1
.... more messages ....


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-felipe (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source depends on:
ii  debhelper                     5.0.57     helper programs for debian/rules
ii  dpatch                        2.0.27     patch maintenance system for Debia
ii  make                          3.81-3     The GNU version of the "make" util
ii  sed                           4.1.5-4    The GNU sed stream editor

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source recommends:
ii  devscripts                   2.10.8      Scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii  kernel-package               11.001      A utility for building Linux kerne
ii  nvidia-glx                   100.14.11-1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

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