Re: ${shlibs:Depends} results libfamin0 or libfam0?
* Andrew Lee <andrew@linux.org.tw> [080129 06:09]:
> Dear folks,
>
> I am working on pcmanfm package. It has build-depends on 'libgamin-dev',
> but somehow the binaries packages depends on 'libfam0'.
>
> I checked 'libgamin-dev' depends on 'libgamin0', but I don't know why
> the binaries packages are not depend on 'libgamin0'?
>
> Both libfam0 and libgamin0 package provides libfam0, so libfam0 might be
> correct dependency,
>
> But upstream author is not recommended to use libfam0 with this package,
> does anyone know what do to with this situation?
>
> And I also found and libgamin0 package contains:
> /usr/lib/libfam.so.0.0.0
> /usr/lib/libgamin-1.so.0.1.9
> /usr/lib/libfam.so.0
> /usr/lib/libgamin-1.so.0
>
> Not sure if this confused ${shlibs:Depends}?
>
> PS. Also cc this to libgamin0 and libfam0 maintainers.
>
> -Andrew
>
As libgamin0 Conflicts, Replaces, and Provides libfam0, then unless
pcmanfm _requires_ some functionality that libgamin0 provides that
libfam0 does not, depending on libfam0 rather than libgamin0 looks
correct to me.
What is the reason upstream discourages using fam? Is it just because
he thinks gamin is a better file monitoring package or is there a
stronger technical reason? Does pcmanfm work with fam, but not quite as
well as with gamin? If so, the the "Depends: gamin" should probably be
"Depends: gamin | fam".
However, apachetop switched from "Depends: gamin | fam" to "Depends:
gamin" and doodled switched from "Depends: fam" to "Depends: gamin".
Both of these packages are maintained by Daniel Baumann (cc'ed to bring
this thread to his attention, though I think he reads this list).
Daniel, what was the reasoning for these changes? Also, most of the
dependencies on fam are Recommends or Suggests. If a package depends on
libfam0, can't the Depends: gamin (or fam) be relaxed to a Recommends?
...Marvin
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