cc1 moved from package gcc to package cpp ?

[Dag Wieers]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Jakub Jelinek wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 04:40:03AM +0100, Dag Wieers wrote:
>
> > I noticed cc1 moved from the gcc package to the cpp package. What was the 
> > rationale behind this decision ? This change breaks my 
> > distcc-compilers-fedora package.
> 
> GCC 3.3 has fully integrated preprocessor, ie. /usr/bin/cpp cannot work
> without cc1.  The options were either to remove cpp package (but that would
> mean anyone which needs cpp (e.g. several window managers) needs to
> install glibc-devel and other stuff which they certainly need.
> Or move cc1 into cpp package (which gcc rpm requires anyway).

Ok, it's just that normally distcc doesn't need a preprocessor on the 
different nodes. And this change actually demands that the preprocessor is 
installed on Fedora, although not used.

Thanks for your prompt reply ;)
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