Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Collins wrote: > > What we need is to not have infinite numbers of libgtk1.1.x libs in the > > distribution. Stick with libgtk1.1 and use shlibs to ensure things get > > recompiled against them. I would much rather have one lib and many > > programs that break on the next release than tons of libs _and_ still > > many broken programs as well as a mess on my system. > > Why can't libgtk just have a shlibs file that generates dependancies like: > > Depends: libgtk1.1 (>= current_version), libgtk1.1 (<< next_upstream_version) > > All this requires is guessing what next_upstream_version will be. It > will cause some unnecessary overly strict dependancies, but it will > ensure no packages ever break when you upgrade libgtk1.1.
Nope; no reverse dependency checking in dpkg, remember? [No, Jason, apt doesn't count, since not everyone uses it.] -- James
