On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:58:44 +0200, Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> * Manoj Srivastava
>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:15:53 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>>
>> > You are missing the point.
>>
>> > What if the library says "You must call /usr/bin/foo during buil
* Neil Williams
| That is an example of a library including pkg-config into the library
| API. Changing that behaviour (dropping the script) means a SONAME bump.
No, changing an API without changing the ABI does not mean a SONAME
bump. SONAMEs are for ABIs, not APIs and one can change without t
* Manoj Srivastava
| On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:15:53 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow
| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
|
| > You are missing the point.
|
| > What if the library says "You must call /usr/bin/foo during build"?
|
| How does the library say that? Why can't I just have
| gcc -o baz
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 08:32:44AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 08:22:10PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Package: debian-policy
> > Version: 3.7.3.0
> > Severity: normal
> > You must specify the gcc option `-D_REENTRANT' when building a library
> > (either static or
On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 22:12 +0200, Jakob Bohm wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 04:12:45PM +0200, Gabor Gombas wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:23:51AM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
> >
> > > What about these clauses as a Policy amendment?
> > >
> > > 1. If a library *only supports the retrieva
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:15:53 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> You are missing the point.
> What if the library says "You must call /usr/bin/foo during build"?
How does the library say that? Why can't I just have
gcc -o baz baz.c -lfoo
How can the librar
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 04:12:45PM +0200, Gabor Gombas wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:23:51AM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
>
> > What about these clauses as a Policy amendment?
> >
> > 1. If a library *only supports the retrieval of FOO_LIBS and / or
> > FOO_CFLAGS by the use of pkg-config*,
On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 17:23 +0200, Bas Wijnen wrote:
> First of all, I skipped a large part of this thread, so I'm sorry if
> this has come up before.
>
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 03:53:03PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
> > > And by this definition, it is the package _invoking_ pkg-config that
> > >
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 07:15:53PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> You are missing the point.
>
> What if the library says "You must call /usr/bin/foo during build"?
But the library can't say "foo must come from a Debian package". What if
I have my local replacement? Why should I be forced
Gabor Gombas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:23:51AM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
>
>> What about these clauses as a Policy amendment?
>>
>> 1. If a library *only supports the retrieval of FOO_LIBS and / or
>> FOO_CFLAGS by the use of pkg-config*, pkg-config becomes part o
First of all, I skipped a large part of this thread, so I'm sorry if
this has come up before.
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 03:53:03PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
> > And by this definition, it is the package _invoking_ pkg-config that
> > should Build-Depend on it, not the package that happens to ship
On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 16:12 +0200, Gabor Gombas wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:23:51AM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
>
> > What about these clauses as a Policy amendment?
> >
> > 1. If a library *only supports the retrieval of FOO_LIBS and / or
> > FOO_CFLAGS by the use of pkg-config*, pkg-con
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:23:51AM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
> What about these clauses as a Policy amendment?
>
> 1. If a library *only supports the retrieval of FOO_LIBS and / or
> FOO_CFLAGS by the use of pkg-config*, pkg-config becomes part of the API
> of that library and the -dev package
On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 09:33 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > That depends on the library you are linking against. I, as an library
> > author is free to say «the only supported way to use my gargleblaster
> > library is through the I_CAN_HAS
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