Josip Rodin wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 1999 at 01:56:24PM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > > But I want to build a total of four packages - aspell (containing the > > binaries), libaspell0 (containing the libraries), libaspell-dev (containing > > the header files) and aspell-doc (containg the documentation). > I didn't say anything about that, it is just that the libfoo.so symlink > always goes in the -dev package.
I just reread Chapter 12 of the Packaging Manual and it makes more sense now. libaspell.so.0.0.0 should be installed first. The symlink libaspell.so.0 --> libaspell.so.0.0.0 should be created next. Package libaspell-dev should create a symlink libaspell.so --> libaspell.so.0.0.0 Mea Culpa for not reading it properly before. > The rest is fine, except that you should > include static libraries in libaspell-dev, too (don't ask me why, though :). The static libs going in the -dev package actually makes sense to me. Why would someone need a static library to run a binary? The static libraries are needed only by other people who build applications that stitically link against the libraries. Thanks. Thaths -- Homer: Now, what do we say when we get to the ticket booth? Bart and Lisa: We're under six. Homer: And I'm a college student! Sudhakar C13n http://people.netscape.com/thaths/ Indentured Slave
