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#35551
package gcc does not depend on binutils and glibc
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Reported by: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 22:58:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Done: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Hi,
Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
> Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org> skribis:
>
>>> For that we’d need to resort to an external service providing this info.
>>
>> Why would it need to be an external service? Can't you incorporate
>> this information in a data file that you ship as part of the
>> distribution?
>
> Such a file would quickly become stale, it’d have to be updated from an
> external service anyway.
If we add functionality that calls out to the network in response to a
package search, e.g. to query popularity ratings or package file
listings, we should make sure the user knows it's happening, and provide
a way to disable it. Some users may not want information about their
package searches to be leaked to the outside world.
Thanks,
Mark
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