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Bug#655750: openjdk-6 on Alpha build-depends on itself; is this necessary?

To: 655750@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Michael Cree <mcree@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Matthias Klose <doko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:15:19 +0100
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well, it didn't build using gcj in the past. if the gcj based bootstrap doeswork, why not change it again ...