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Re: Self Referencing depends



Previously 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.

I think some versions of debmake did this. I had the same problem
with my et package, which is the only I made with debmake...

Wichert.

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