Fabian Greffrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.8.0.1 > Severity: minor > > Hi, > > Policy currently reads: > >> 8.2 Shared library support files > [...] >> Run-time support programs that use the shared library but are not >> required for the library to function or files used by the shared >> library that can be used by any version of the shared library >> package should instead be put in a separate package. This package >> might typically be named libraryname-tools; note the absence of the >> soversion in the package name. > > However, in practice the -utils suffix for the discussed type of > packages seems to be much more widely used than the -tools suffix that > is suggested by policy 8.2. On my system I get the following results: > > $ dpkg -l \*-tools | wc -l > 27 > > $ dpkg -l \*-utils | wc -l > 38
I'm not sure it is relevant, but another data point would be *-bin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l lib\*-bin|wc -l 20 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ The lack of plurals here can also be confusing: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l \*-util|tail -3 +++-====================================-===========================-============================================ un db4.6-util <none> (no description available) un libpam0g-util <none> (no description available) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
