Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > Debian policy says: > > | 8.2 Run-time support programs > | > | If your package has some run-time support programs which use the > | shared library you must not put them in the shared library > | package. If you do that then you won't be able to install several > | versions of the shared library without getting filename clashes. > | > | Instead, either create another package for the runtime binaries > | (this package might typically be named libraryname-runtime; note the > | absence of the soversion in the package name), or if the development > | package is small, include them in there. > > After seeing several packages that violate 8.2 I set out to find out > how common that is:
What about runtime support programs whose purpose is to print information for use in autoconf tests belonging to other programs which want to use the library? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
