Re: Dependencies on -dev packages

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

On 03 Sep 2002 11:58:10 -0700
Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org> wrote:

> 
> What is the thinking behind always requiring libfoo-dev to depend on
> libbar-dev when libfoo depends on libbar?  I understand the need when
> /usr/include/foo.h contains
> 
>   #include <bar.h>


So that libbar-dev can conflict with packages that libbar is incompatible 
with at run-time, so that other shared libraries that are incompatible 
do not get loaded in the same shared namespace.


Google, libpkg-guide.

regards,
	junichi



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