Re: Once again: libc6 packages compatibility etc...
On Tue, Sep 16, 1997 at 11:58:35AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> If I follow Brian's idea I will have the following:
>
> libgmp1_1.3.2-6 libc5 version
> libgmp1-dev_1.3.2-6
> and
> gmp2_2.0.2-3 libc6 version
> gmp-dev_2.0.2-3
>
> These can both reside in the libs section without confusion, since they
> will clearly be in seperate portions of the list.
>
> Doesn't this remove the need for the g and alt identifier strings?
Yes, but I think it would be a bad idea to deviate from -altdev at
this point. Telling users some "altdev" packages use -altdev while
some others use -dev would probably only confuse them more than they
already will be.
David
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