Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.15.8.10 Severity: wishlist On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>, 2011-02-28, 16:01: > >symbols which should not be used can either be not listed in the > >symbols file (and be auto-added at build time with a strict > >dependency on the latest version) or be referenced in the symbols > >file but with an alternate dependency (either one that is > >unsolvable or one that is very strict in terms of version > >allowed). > > It'd nice if dpkg-gensymbols could generated such an alternate > dependency automatically for all symbols that are tagged optional.
I don't really see the point. When you add the optional tag, you can surely also add the alternate dependency in the file. What is missing however is a way to have that alternate dependency embed the strict versioning scheme. For this we need to support a new #CURVER# substitution that is replaced with the current version so that we can keep the associated dependency in sync with the latest version of the package. Filing this as a wishlist bug. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110301074758.gd28...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com
