Re: Dependencies on -dev packages

[Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Suffield <asuffield@debian.org> writes:
    Andrew> Recommends and Suggests are not considered when installing
    Andrew> build-dependencies.

And packages aren't supposed to be built staticly either.  Packages
that do build staticly could explicitly Build-Depend on whatever they
require.

Regardless, I've had my question (partially) answered; unless Debian
generally moves to versioned symbols, more conversation is moot.

-- 
Stephen

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