On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 07:59, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 05:11:13PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > Enforce exact versioned dependencies of -dev library packages on their
> > > shared counterparts, per Debian Policy section 8.5.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > @@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@
> > > Package: xlibmesa-gl-dev
> > > Section: libdevel
> > > Architecture: any
> > > -Depends: xlibmesa-gl, xlibs-dev, libc6-dev | libc-dev
> > > +Depends: xlibmesa-gl (= ${Source-Version}), xlibs-dev, libc6-dev |
> > > libc-dev
> > > Conflicts: libgl-dev, libutahglx-dev, xlibmesa-dev (<< 4.2.1-5)
> > > Provides: libgl-dev
> > > Replaces: libgl-dev, libutahglx-dev, xlibmesa-dev (<< 4.2.1-5)
> >
> > Is this really necessary? It means libgl1 packages built from DRI CVS
> > will no longer be able to satisfy this dependency.
>
> Can you spell out the problem a little more clearly for me?
>
> Why is it *desirable* for libgl1 packages built from DRI CVS to satisfy
> this dependency?
Because users of those packages would like to build something using
libGL sometimes. :)
> > And I can't build libgl-dev packages from there either because GLw is
> > missing
>
> Do you know why it is missing?
It's outside the scope of the DRI project so was deemed a waste of space
and build time there.
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