On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 04:12:13PM +0100, A J Stiles wrote: > Or even better, just put the "-dev" files in the main library package > already. > > The time when separate -dev packages were a good idea has been and > gone a long while since; nowadays, they are doing more harm than good. Putting development files in the main library package will cause file conflicts when trying to install two different versions of a library. Berkeley DB is a good example of why this won't work. cURL is another (due to the differing crypto libraries). I'm sure you can come up with more. It will also affect multiarch, where those two versions of a library package may be for separate architectures. -- brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US +1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b: 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187
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