[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: libfreetype6: [Bug#78982: Package name is highly confusing and problematic]



On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 02:38:24AM -0700, Anthony Fok wrote:
> I am the maintainer of the FreeType Debian packages.  There has been
> suggestion to rename freetype2 (FreeType 1.3.1) to libttf2, which is
> actually the right thing to do since FreeType 1.3.1's library is called
> /usr/lib/libttf.so.2.2.0.  However, AFAIK, dpkg does not yet support
> versioned dependency and yet many packages have versioned dependency on
> freetype2 (>= 1.3.1).

Of course dpkg supports versioned Depends:.

It doesn't (yet) support versioned Provides:.

-- 
G. Branden Robinson             |       If you have the slightest bit of
Debian GNU/Linux                |       intellectual integrity you cannot
branden@debian.org              |       support the government.
http://www.debian.org/~branden/ |       -- anonymous

Attachment: pgp65g9A4zsAz.pgp
Description: PGP signature


Reply to: