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Bug#446618: wrong dependency in -dbg packages



merge 420540 446618
thanks

On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 03:07:15PM +0200, Enrico Tassi wrote:
> Package: developers-reference
> Version: 3.3.8
> Severity: normal
> 
> --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
> >From section 6.7.9 Best practices for debug packages:
>   
>   Note that the Debian package should depend on the package that it
>   provides debugging symbols for, and this dependency should be
>   versioned. For example:
> 
>        Depends: libfoo-dbg (= ${binary:Version})
> 
> Here I think it should be:
> 
>        Depends: libfoo (= ${binary:Version})
> 
> Since you don't want the non -dbg package to depend on the -dbg, while
> the contrary makes sense to me.
Hi Enrico,

I don't think anyone disagrees although there's not been discussion in
either direction..

I note that this is present in the web version:
http://www.us.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html#s-bpp-dbg
which annotates that it is 3.3.9 although that isn't actually present
in the archive afaict.

Thanks
Justin




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