Re: Once again: libc6 packages compatibility etc...
On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, David Engel wrote:
> 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.
>
When you explain it that way I agree ;-)
Why not simply tell them that both the -altdev and the libxxx-dev packages
are libc5 based?
Luck,
Dwarf
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