Bug#83669: Shared libraries

2001-01-26 Thread David Engel
nging how dpkg-shlibdeps works though. Perhaps not. Most situations could probably be handled by simply moving the .shlibs files from the run-time packages to the -dev packages. David -- David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#66023: PROPOSAL] Treat plugins and shared libraries differently

2000-07-09 Thread David Engel
o and aim at a merger with glibc (I thought > this was already attempted in the past, seems my memory is at fault). ld-linux.so.* was chosen so it would not conflict with other systems. This makes it easier setup emulations of other systems on Linux and vice versa. It's not worth changing. David -- David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#43928: libc and kernel source policy

1999-10-26 Thread David Engel
- it's called "gcc -I". David -- David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#32229: PROPOSED] libc-dev dependency in non-libc -dev packages

1999-01-22 Thread David Engel
ld situation. The dependencies and conflicts are setup to prevent nonsensical installations such as tcl7.6-dev with tk8.0-dev or tcl8.0-dev with tk4.2-dev. David -- David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /usr/X11R6

1998-08-31 Thread David Engel
#x27;t be possible. The only thing that wouldn't easily be possible is to have multiple development environments installed in the default location. If you needed multiple development emvironments, then and only then, would special treatment be needed. Since we already do this for libc5 and libc6, it shouldb't be a big deal. David -- David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /usr/X11R6

1998-08-29 Thread David Engel
which would put it under /usr/X11R6. If a package uses autoconf, use --prefix=/usr when running configure which would put it under /usr. David -- David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: changelog vs ChangeLog and policy dictates

1998-04-11 Thread David Engel
a symlink to it named changelog.gz to comply with Debian policy. David -- David EngelODS Networks [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1001 E. Arapaho Road (972) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: ldconfig or not

1998-03-29 Thread David Engel
(I know it still is to me). If such sample scripts were available, I think it would be a tremendous help to new developers as well as experienced developers. David -- David EngelODS Networks [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1001 E. Arapaho Road (972) 234-6400

Re: ldconfig or not

1998-03-28 Thread David Engel
On Sat, Mar 28, 1998 at 12:12:48AM -0500, Adam P. Harris wrote: > [You ("David Engel")] > >This is correct -- you must run ldconfig. If the new libraries are > >installed into /lib or /usr/lib, you can get away with not running > >ldconfig but you should still r

Re: ldconfig or not

1998-03-28 Thread David Engel
sr/lib, you can get away with not running ldconfig but you should still run it anyway to get the entries into /etc/ld.so.cache. David -- David EngelODS Networks [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1001 E. Arapaho Road (972) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081

Re: ldconfig warnings

1997-12-28 Thread David Engel
do still need to call ldconfig in postinst in > > order to update /etc/ld.so.cache. > > I belive that is correct. David Engel can tell us for sure. This is correct. > > Is this the issue? It would be a pretty simple addition to Ch 12 of the > > Packaging Manual. >

Re: Dependencies of libraries libc5-libc6 libraries

1997-11-28 Thread David Engel
ncies like on libc6, etc...) > > After some discussions a few months ago on debian-devel (or -policy), > some people (I remember David Engel and myself) argued that for some > packages you might also want: > libfoo depends on libfoog Yes. > libfoo-altdev depends on libfo