Re: shared library -dev package naming proposal
Will Newton <will@misconception.org.uk> writes:
> On Thursday 14 July 2005 17:14, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
>
>> The current recommendation I'm trying to give is:
>>
>> Package: libXXXNNNN-dev
>> Conflicts: libXXX-dev
>> Provides: libXXX-dev
>>
>>
>> Thus, it won't contradict with your requirement to
>> be able to just build-depend on libXXX-dev.
>
> I may be wrong, but I thought it was incorrect to build-dep only on a pure
> virtual package? e.g.:
>
> Build-Depend: xlibmesa-gl-dev | libgl-dev
Indeed. apt-get build-dep will regulary fall over Build-Depends on
virtual packages.
MfG
Goswin
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