Re: Library policy (Was: Packages depending on each other)
> joost witteveen wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Joost,
> > >
> > > > Note that when making a libc6 package, you'll have to change the
> > > > names of the package etc. There's a good document about how to do
> > > > that somewhere (mail me if you don't have it).
> > >
> > > Uhhmmm... I thought that incrementing the version number was enough.
> > > I think I should read that document you mention. Do you have a copy
> > > of it you can send to me?
> > http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-policy/related-docs/libc6-migration.text
>
> Hmm. Kewl. Then, if I'm packaging a brand-new lib I still must
> provide an imlibg1 and imlibg1-dev? I don't see the point, as
> all imlib-using programs will be packaged for libc6.
No, for really new libs you don't have to provide (or rather: shouldn't)
provide a libc5 version, as there will be no libc5 packages that
depend on your package. But we were talking about libpam, and that
is already (and currently only) available libc5
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joost witteveen, joostje@debian.org
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