Bug#613143: there is /usr/lib64 symlink but no /usr/local/lib64

2011-09-22 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > ]] Steve Langasek > | How do we square that with the FHS, then? The FHS says: > | > | If directories /lib or /usr/lib exist, the equivalent > | directories must also exist in /usr/local. > | > | That seems to require /usr/local/lib64 even if we *don't* include > | /u

Re: alternative dependency ordering - with respect of packages in main

2011-09-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:25:06PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > > I know that the buildd system likes to pull in the first package in > > such an alternative dependency chain. And now I start to wonder: > > Is it allowed for a package in main to have a package _outside_ of main > > as first c

Re: alternative dependency ordering - with respect of packages in main

2011-09-22 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 01:12:37PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > Hi! > > Policy is clear on packages in main aren't allowed to depend on > packages outside of main. Now in a fair amount of cases this has been > worked around by having the package outside of main as alternative > depende