[pkg-boost-devel] Bug#814810: Explicit dependency on g++/g++-5

[Yuri D'Elia]

Package: libboost-dev
Version: 1.58.0.1
Severity: minor

libboost-dev (and libboost-*-dev packages) explicitly depend on g++/g++-5.
Is this explicity (double) dependency necessary?

The individual packages already depend on libstdc++-5-dev, which is the correct
thing to do.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (800, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages libboost-dev depends on:
ii  g++               4:6-20160101-2
ii  g++-5             5.3.1-8
ii  libboost1.58-dev  1.58.0+dfsg-5+b1
ii  libstdc++-5-dev   5.3.1-8

libboost-dev recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libboost-dev suggests:
ii  libboost-doc  1.58.0.1