Re: Dependencies of libraries libc5-libc6 libraries

1997-11-29 Thread James Troup
[ Stupid Cc: removed, please don't put it back ] Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) The documentation for foo is there only once in the libfoog > package and libfoo has a symlink in /usr/doc to libfoog. /usr/doc/libpng0 isn't a symlink to libpng0g, it's an empty directory. I

Re: Dependencies of libraries libc5-libc6 libraries

1997-11-28 Thread Scott K. Ellis
On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, Alex Yukhimets wrote: > My understanding was that -dev and -altdev packages are conflicting ones. > Why not included all man pages and other documentation in both > of these packages to avoid creating additional ones? Because your understanding is incorrect. The -altdev pack

Re: Dependencies of libraries libc5-libc6 libraries

1997-11-28 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> Rationale: > > 1) The documentation for foo is there only once in the libfoog > package > and libfoo has a symlink in /usr/doc to libfoog. Additional > support files (like /usr/lib/tclxxx for David's tcl packages) > are there only once in the libfoog package. > > 2) The ma

Re: Dependencies of libraries libc5-libc6 libraries

1997-11-28 Thread Philippe Troin
On Thu, 27 Nov 1997 20:52:35 CST David Engel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 1997 at 03:07:02PM +0800, Philippe Troin wrote: > > > > libfoo-altdev depends on libfoog-dev > > I disagreed with this last one. The reason is that it prevents the > user from installing another "libfo

Re: Dependencies of libraries libc5-libc6 libraries

1997-11-28 Thread David Engel
On Thu, Nov 27, 1997 at 03:07:02PM +0800, Philippe Troin wrote: > Having some arguments with someone about dependencies of libraries, > I've posted here to have this sorted out. > > Assume you have: > libfoo libc5 compatibility library > libfoo-altdevlibc5 compatibility

Dependencies of libraries libc5-libc6 libraries

1997-11-27 Thread Philippe Troin
Having some arguments with someone about dependencies of libraries, I've posted here to have this sorted out. Assume you have: libfoo libc5 compatibility library libfoo-altdevlibc5 compatibility development package libfoog libc6 library libf