New Virtual Package Names List (& X stuff)
Hi all,
As promised, a new version of this list with the fixed-up X stuff in it (see
below).
Some issues arose while preparing this update. The first one (as mentioned
earlier on this list) is that any package wishing to refer to the X
libraries should use "xlib6" rather than "elf-x11r6lib". You'll notice the
new name is shorter, more convenient, in line with library package naming
conventions, and what dpkg-shlibdeps will probably provide anyway. Packages
referring to "elf-x11r6lib" should be changed next time they're updated
(there's no reason this needs to happen in a hurry).
The other main issue is that many packages refer to "xbase", "xbaseR6", or
"X11R6" in their dependencies. Almost all of these are errors. Unless the
package is somehow involved in *local* X display, the right thing to refer
to is "xlib6". Just about any X program can be displayed remotely, and all
you need for this are the X libraries. By referring to "xbase" or "X11R6",
you are indicating that local display capabilities are required. If this is
not the case, but there is something in "xbase" that you need to refer to,
then perhaps some new virtual package needs to be introduced to handle the
situation (in the mean time, "xbase" is preferable to either "xbaseR6" or
"X11R6").
Anyway, here's a list of packages that currently reference "xbase",
"xbaseR6", or "X11R6":
hfsutils Suggests xbaseR6
motifnls Depends xbaseR6
ucbmpeg* Recommends X11R6
w3-el Recommends xbase
xarclock Depends xbase
xasteroids Depends X11R6
xcontrib Depends X11R6
xkeycaps Suggests xbaseR6
xless Depends X11R6
xpaste Depends X11R6
xwpe Recommends xbase
zircon Depends X11R6
Warwick.
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AUTHORITATIVE LIST OF VIRTUAL PACKAGE NAMES
Below is an authoritative list of virtual package names currently
in-use or proposed and not objected to. Please check the list below
for things relevant to your packages.
New packages MUST use virtual package names where appropriate (this
includes making new ones - read on).
Packages MUST NOT use virtual package names (except privately, amongst
a cooperating group of packages) unless they have been agreed upon and
appear in this list.
The latest version of this file can be found in
doc/package-developer/virtual-package-names-list.text
on your local Debian FTP site.
The procedure for updating the list is as follows:
1. Post to debian-devel saying what names you intend to use or what
other changes you wish to make.
2. Wait a few days for comment.
3. Mail the maintainer of the virtual package name list (Warwick Harvey
<warwick@cs.mu.OZ.AU>) notifying him of the consensus reached (or
your suggestions if noone objected). Please include a proposed brief
description of the new virtual name(s) for the list. The list
maintainer will then post the new list to debian-devel and upload it
to the FTP site.
4. Go and use the new or changed names.
Warwick.
(based on earlier version by Ian J.)
Now, the list:
The X Window System:
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xserver Any X server (used by other X packages)
xbaseR6 Obsolete - you probably mean xlib6
xdevel Obsolete package - replaced by xlib6-dev
xlib Obsolete package - replaced by xlib6
xlibraries Obsolete - use xlib6 instead
X11R6 Obsolete - you probably mean xlib6
elf-x11r6lib Obsolete - use xlib6 instead
aout-x11r6lib a.out version of the X shared libraries
xR6shlib Obsolete - use xlib6 (or aout-x11r6lib) instead
Note: There are (currently) many packages that depend, recommend,
or suggest "xbase", "xbaseR6", or "X11R6" which probably shouldn't.
Nearly all X programs don't care whether they are displayed locally
or not, and so "xlib6" is likely a more reasonable dependency than
"xbase", etc. If in doubt, ask debian-devel or the X maintainer.
News and Mail:
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mail-transport-agent Mail transport agents (Smail, Sendmail, &c)
mail-reader Mail user agents (Pine, Elm, mailx, &c)
news-transport-system Local news system (INN, C News or B News)
news-reader Any news reader (trn, tin, &c)
inews /usr/bin/inews - local or remote news poster
pgp A version of PGP (International or US)
imap-client Any mail reader capable of accessing remote mail
folders using the IMAP protocol (e.g. Pine)
imap-server Any IMAP mail server
Java:
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java-base-libs Any implementation of the basic class libraries
java-awt-libs Any implementation of the Abstract Window Toolkit
java-compiler Any java source to bytecode compiler
java-virtual-machine Anything providing a java virtual machine
java-appletviewer Anything that can display java applets
Miscellaneous:
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libc.so.4 An a.out shared C library, version 4.x.x.
info-browser Something that can browser GNU Info files
kernel-source Kernel source code
kernel-headers Kernel header files (<linux/*.h>, <asm/*.h>)
kernel-image Kernel image ( vmlinuz, System.map, modules )
httpd Any HTTP server
postscript-viewer Anything that can display Postscript files
postscript-preview Any preprocessor that creates Postscript output
www-browser Something that can browse html files
awk Anything providing suitable /usr/bin/{awk,nawk}
c-shell Anything providing a suitable /usr/bin/csh
pdf-viewer Anything that can display PDF files
pdf-preview Any preprocessor that creates PDF output
compress Anything that provides a true BSD compress command
emacs Anything that provides the emacs editor
sgmls An SGML parser which produces output compatible
with James Clark's sgmls and nsgmls parsers
Names of superseded packages Provided by the current ones:
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gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both Provided by Ghostscript (gs). Use gs.
xpmR6 Provided by xpm. Use xpm.
Change history:
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22 Sep 1995 Ian Jackson Initial revision.
26 Mar 1996 Andrew Howell Added www-browser.
11 May 1996 Manoj Srivastava Added kernel-image, added new location of
this file
19 May 1996 Warwick Harvey Took over maintenance of list, changed
instructions for updating list
25 Jul 1996 Warwick Harvey Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion
Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped
off at some stage
2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs
5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server}
8 Aug 1996 Added editor
20 Aug 1996 Added sgmls, removed metafont, dvilj, dvips
25 Nov 1996 Removed editor (should have done this a long time ago)
4 Jan 1997 Added Java virtual packages
7 Jan 1997 Updated the X section to more closely resemble reality
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Warwick Harvey email: warwick@cs.mu.OZ.AU
Department of Computer Science phone: +61-3-9344-9171
University of Melbourne fax: +61-3-9348-1184
Parkville, Victoria, AUSTRALIA 3052 web: http://www.cs.mu.OZ.AU/~warwick
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