On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 05:28:06PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > Package: libcv-dev > Version: 1.0.0-6.1+b1 > Severity: important > > Hello Debian Scientific Computing Team, > > There is a circular dependency between libcv-dev, libcvaux-dev and > libhighgui-dev: > > libcv-dev :Depends: libcvaux-dev (= 1.0.0-6.1+b1), libhighgui-dev (= > 1.0.0-6.1+b1) > libcvaux-dev :Depends: libcv-dev (>= 1.0.0-6.1+b1) > libhighgui-dev :Depends: libcv-dev (>= 1.0.0-6.1+b1) > > Circular dependencies are known to cause problems during upgrade, so we > should try to get rid of them. > > In this particular case I do not see the point to have three separated > packages if users are required to install them all anyway. A single > package would be sufficient.
I'm not convinced by the fix (though I'm not reopening the bug). Both highgui and cvaux are marked by pkg-config as required for linking opencv: $ pkg-config --libs opencv -lcv -lhighgui -lcvaux -lml -lcxcore so I'm expecting that declaring build-depend: libcv-dev will drag in also the required libraries for linking. Moreover, an application is supposed to #include <cv.h> only and thus shouldn't need to know that libhighgui-dev and libcvaux-dev are required to do the actual link but only libcv-dev. thanks, filippo -- Filippo Giunchedi - http://esaurito.net - 0x6B79D401 In God we trust, everybody else pays cash. -- somewhere in England -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
