gobjc packages missing binaries

Bug #185617 reported by Christopher Sachs
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gcc-defaults (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gobjc

The gobjc packages in Ubuntu Hardy (both gobjc-4.2 and gobjc-4.1) are missing binary executable files--nothing is installed in /usr/bin.

Debian's gcc build system is voodoo to me so I was unable to find a source of the problem.

For reference, here is the output of `dpkg -L gobjc-4.2` on my up-to-date Hardy installation:

$ dpkg -L gobjc-4.2
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/gcc-4.2-base
/usr/share/doc/gcc-4.2-base/ObjC
/usr/share/doc/gcc-4.2-base/ObjC/README.threads
/usr/share/doc/gcc-4.2-base/ObjC/THREADS.MACH
/usr/share/doc/gcc-4.2-base/ObjC/README.gz
/usr/share/doc/gcc-4.2-base/ObjC/THREADS.gz
/usr/share/doc/gcc-4.2-base/ObjC/changelog.libobjc.gz
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/gcc
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/include
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/include/objc
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/include/objc/hash.h
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/include/objc/objc-list.h
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/include/objc/sarray.h
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/include/objc/objc.h
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/include/objc/objc-api.h
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/include/objc/NXConstStr.h
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/include/objc/Object.h
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/include/objc/Protocol.h
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/include/objc/encoding.h
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/include/objc/typedstream.h
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/include/objc/thr.h
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/include/objc/objc-decls.h
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/cc1obj
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/libobjc.a
/usr/share/doc/gobjc-4.2
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2/libobjc.so

And for good measure:

$ dpkg -s gobjc-4.2
Package: gobjc-4.2
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 5716
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Source: gcc-4.2
Version: 4.2.2-7ubuntu1
Provides: objc-compiler
Depends: gcc-4.2 (= 4.2.2-7ubuntu1), gcc-4.2-base (= 4.2.2-7ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libc6-dev (>= 2.5), libobjc2 (>= 4.2.2-7ubuntu1)
Suggests: gcc-4.2-doc (>= 4.2.2-2), gobjc-4.2-multilib, libobjc2-dbg
Description: The GNU Objective-C compiler
 This is the GNU Objective-C compiler, which compiles
 Objective-C on platforms supported by the gcc compiler. It uses the
 gcc backend to generate optimized code.
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers <email address hidden>

Revision history for this message
Christopher Sachs (amitofu) wrote :

I'm stupid. You compile Objective-C code through the gcc command. Sorry.

Changed in gcc-defaults:
status: New → Invalid
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