[Bug 525523] Re: FFe: Sync fpc and lazarus (universe) from Debian (unstable)

[Martin Pitt]

SevenMachines [2010-03-08  8:19 -0000]:
> It seems strange that fpc build-depends on fp-compiler, which is needed
> to build and so get a fp-compiler binary!

That's standard compiler design. Many compilers are written in their
own language and thus need (an earlier version of).

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_(compilers)

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FFe: Sync fpc and lazarus (universe) from Debian (unstable)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/525523
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