Re: Self Referencing depends
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Brian White wrote:
> > I suspect a self-referenced "Depends:" is always a bug. However, you also
> > reported a bug in the "ddd" package that "Provides:" itself. This type of
> > self-reference need not be a bug.
>
> I think it usually happens when a package contains a binary that links
> against a library also in that package. Because of the .shlibs file,
> the dependancy is calculated by dpkg-shlibs and gets included in the
> depends line.
Yes, this is quite likely, procps has a bug against it because of exactly
this. Just for the record, can someone post the proper solution?
The self-refering provides are just bad form IMHO, they have no meaning.
Jason
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