Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - Leave the .la files in place; -dev packages need to depend on -dev > packages corresponding to those runtime dependencies that are also built > using libtool. This is the status quo.
If we do this (which I think we should for now), I would suggest that we have a debhelper script analogous to dh_shlibdeps that parses .la files to automatically generate -dev build dependencies, and that this should also be fixed if libtool is fixed (and should detect whether it is using a fixed libtool). Then maintainers of libraries that use libtool will automatically get the -dev dependencies required to satisfy issues with libtool now, and if/when libtool is fixed, those dependencies can disappear automatically without having to have all the maintainers go through a lot of trouble twice. My suggestion doesn't solve the problem, but it does make it easier to deal with. Maybe this already exists and I'm just not aware of it. I've been thinking about writing this for a while since I maintain several libraries that use libtool and have made the mistake of forgetting a -dev dependency before. --Jay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
