Re: just wondering...
On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 07:49:18PM -0800, Edward S. Peschko wrote:
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>
> looking through the sources file, and just wondering *ahem* --
> exactly how does this work?
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> For example -
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> imagemagick has a dependency of libpng2-dev.
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> However, there is no package entry for libpng2-dev inside sources.
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> There is however, a 'Binary' entry of libpng2-dev under the Package heading
> of libpng2.
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> Is it true that these are synonyms for each other? If so, why? Why not
> combine the binary and package entry into one header?
The Debian policy has the answers to all your questions:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/
You might also consider reading the following document:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
www: http://www.djpig.de/
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