On Wed, 06 Jun 2007, Loïc Minier wrote: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2007, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > We could then have the package field contain multiple packages (separated > > by "," or "|" or whatever) and have dpkg-shlibdeps generate pkg1 (>= > > min-ver) | pkg2 (>= min-ver). > > I don't think so; at least sometimes you want to depend on > non-versionned packages, such as virtual provides for ABIs and such. > For example libnotify1.shlibs: > libnotify 1 libnotify1 (>= 0.4.4), libnotify1-gtk2.10
This case is not a real concern. The symbol information would be used to generate the minimal dependency corresponding to "libnotify1 (>= 0.4.4)" and the "libnotify1-gtk2.10" dependency would be put in the "additional dependencies" field at the package level. (This presupposes the enhanced format that I described earlier in this thread) Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Premier livre français sur Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
