Re: Dependencies on -dev packages

2002-09-04 Thread Junichi Uekawa
On 03 Sep 2002 11:58:10 -0700 Stephen Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is the thinking behind always requiring libfoo-dev to depend on > libbar-dev when libfoo depends on libbar? I understand the need when > /usr/include/foo.h contains > > #include So that libbar-dev can conflict

Re: Dependencies on -dev packages

2002-09-03 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Andrew" == Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andrew> Recommends and Suggests are not considered when installing Andrew> build-dependencies. And packages aren't supposed to be built staticly either. Packages that do build staticly could explicitly Build-Depend on whatever

Re: Dependencies on -dev packages

2002-09-03 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 03 Sep 2002, Stephen Zander wrote: > I wrote a longer response to this but then thought about what you > wrote a bit more and deleted it. > > > "Henrique" == Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Henrique> The lack of symbol versioning, about 90% of the time. >

Re: Dependencies on -dev packages

2002-09-03 Thread Stephen Zander
I wrote a longer response to this but then thought about what you wrote a bit more and deleted it. > "Henrique" == Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Henrique> The lack of symbol versioning, about 90% of the time. Then why not mandate symbol versioning instead; that

Re: Dependencies on -dev packages

2002-09-03 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 03 Sep 2002, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > Stephen Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What is the thinking behind always requiring libfoo-dev to depend on > > libbar-dev when libfoo depends on libbar? I understand the need when The lack of symbol versioning, about 90% of the time. > > bu

Re: Dependencies on -dev packages

2002-09-03 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 01:57:33PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > > "Ray" == J H M Dassen writes: > Ray> How opaque is that opaque when considering the case of > Ray> linking against a library statically? > > That need might reasonably be met with a Recommends: or Suggests: Recommend

Re: Dependencies on -dev packages

2002-09-03 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Ray" == J H M Dassen writes: Ray> How opaque is that opaque when considering the case of Ray> linking against a library statically? That need might reasonably be met with a Recommends: or Suggests: -- Stephen To Republicans, limited government means not assisting people they wou

Re: Dependencies on -dev packages

2002-09-03 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Stephen Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is the thinking behind always requiring libfoo-dev to depend on > libbar-dev when libfoo depends on libbar? I understand the need when > /usr/include/foo.h contains > > #include > > but if libfoo opaquely wraps libbar, why have libfoo-dev dep

Re: Dependencies on -dev packages

2002-09-03 Thread J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 11:58:10 -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > but if libfoo opaquely wraps libbar, why have libfoo-dev depend on > libbar-dev? How opaque is that opaque when considering the case of linking against a library statically? Ray -- "The problem with the global village is all the glo

Dependencies on -dev packages

2002-09-03 Thread Stephen Zander
What is the thinking behind always requiring libfoo-dev to depend on libbar-dev when libfoo depends on libbar? I understand the need when /usr/include/foo.h contains #include but if libfoo opaquely wraps libbar, why have libfoo-dev depend on libbar-dev? -- Stephen "Farcical aquatic ceremo