Re: Dependencies of -dev packages
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Gabor Gombas wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 02:15:28AM +0100, Darren Salt wrote:
> > I can see potential problems with that last part regarding upstream
> > developers whose software happens to depend on packages for which pkg-config
> > support remains Debian-specific because upstream doesn't accept the patch.
> > It's possible that the Debian-specific nature of this support may simply not
> > be noticed until bug reports start coming in from users of other
> > distributions...
>
> Well, the only problem I can see is auto-detection (configure etc.)
May I humbly remind people that allowing any sort of arch autodetection in
a Debian package build *IS* *A* *BUG*.
dpkg-architecture knows the arch. You have to use that arch. It is that
simple.
People packaging stuff that uses autoconf, should imediatelly install
autotools-dev and read the package README. It teaches how to feed
dpkg-architecture output to autoconf correctly.
> On the other hand, autodetection is never perfect and bugs always
> happen. But if we can agree that the general direction is good and worth
The fact that it is attempted at all is the bug.
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Henrique Holschuh
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