[M3devel] Package dependencies.

[Jay K]

 >> I don't know how this works with bootstrapping self-hosting languages    I think you hit the nail on the head -- "bootstrapping self-hosting languages". Good!    Keep using that phrase if you email folks asking about this, and make sure they understand it.         Meanwhile, I still want to generate fairly portable C or C++ to get around the problem. :)        First I'm going to upgrade to gcc 4.6 backend, and then maybe 4.7..stalling... :)         >  What do they do with stuff written in Haskell, C#, etc.?  
   > They'd be happy with it provided they have Haskel, C#, etc.     
 Right: I should have said a C# compiler written in C#, a Haskell compiler written in Haskell, etc.   - Jay
 > Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 17:07:06 -0400
> From: hendrik at topoi.pooq.com
> To: m3devel at elegosoft.com
> Subject: [M3devel] Package dependencies.
> 
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 08:40:51PM +0000, Jay K wrote:
> > 
> >  >  And is there also a source package built?
> > 
> > 
> >  No. It would be C code anyway, so not source from most 
> > people's point of view.
> > 
> >  
> > > Because the source package is what's needed for uploading to 
> > > Debian.
> > 
> > 
> > They wouldn't like it anyway.
> >  What do they do with stuff written in Haskell, C#, etc.?
> > 
> 
> They'd be happy with it provided they have Haskel, C#, etc. 
> implementations already in the system.  A Debian package 
> can have build-dependencies, which is other packages that 
> have to be installed to builld it.  I don't know how this works 
> with bootstrapping self-hosting languages.  Maybe it takes 
> ad-hockery.  Maybe a new release build-depends on the 
> previous one.  Or on anything aat least as up-to-date as 
> the previous one.
> 
> -- hendrik
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