Martin Meredith wrote: > Dont most -dev packages auto-depend on the libs they're assosciated with > anyway?
Adding to Kevin's explanation, please keep in mind that taking shortcuts in the dependencies is a bad practice in general (as in "don't do it") and there's no reason for starting it here. This is important enough to be spelled out in policy (Section 3.5): For example, a dependency entry must be provided for any shared libraries required by a dynamically-linked executable binary in a package. With Davide's generic description, a user might be able to run an (older) foo-bin with a newer libfoo-dev. If there has been a soversion change in libfooX, you have an RC bug for the compiler not depending on on the older library package. Yes, even if this could be done with dpkg it is rather hypothetical, but reality will likely be more creative than yours truly... Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
