Re: source dependencies : virtual names

[Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> what about only using virtual names for al libraries :
> name used       package
> libc-dev        libc6-dev
> ncurses-dev     ncurses3.4-dev
> libtiff-dev     libtiff3-dev
> ...
> 
> it's not a hard thing to manage such a list, but we gain flexibility
> with handling of new versions.

I think it should be specified exactly.  Just because something compiles
and works with libc6 doesn't mean it will do so with libc7 (both of which
would provide libc-dev).

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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