On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:02:20PM +0200, Bas Wijnen wrote:
> How is this different with _any_ dependency on the system? Do you
> suggest that iceweasel should drop its libgtk dependency, because users
> might want to use their own compiled version of it?
iceweasel _uses_ libgtk. A -dev package
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 07:21:15PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
> > According to the suggested definition, if a package using this library
> > chooses to use foo-config, it doesn't call pkg-config directly (and it
> > may not call it at all, this depends on the inner workings of
> > foo-config).
>
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 01:44:55AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >> > 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 library make that not work?
>
> > By not s
This one time, at band camp, Goswin von Brederlow said:
>
> You are missing the point.
>
> What if the library says "You must call /usr/bin/foo during build"?
Which package is this?
> The libarry does not use foo, only the user, so no depends?
> Or idoes forcing users to use foo make foo part o
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 07:57:00PM +0200, Gabor Gombas wrote:
> 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 D
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