Bug#183143: libc-udeb: Should provide libc6
At 2 Mar 2003 21:32:41 +0100,
Sebastian Ley wrote:
> * Ben Collins wrote:
>
> > Hell no. This would cause than a fair share of problem.
> >
> > All deps on libc6 are versioned and versioned provides are
> > non-existent. So it wouldn't even work.
>
> I discussed this issue with Martin Sj�gren, and he stated that udpkg
> just does not parse the version information. So it will do no harm if
> they are present.
>
> Naming library udebs libfooN-udeb (with N = noname number) and
> providing the original name of the corresponding deb packe in the
> Provides field should enable all packagers to use the dh_shlibdeps
> determine their dependancies. If I miss something please provide me
> with further information.
>
> The alternative would be to declare dependancies manually.
libc6 is for arm, hppa, i386, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, and sparc.
libc6.1 is for alpha and ia64.
libc0.3 is for hurd-i386.
libc1 is for freebsd-i386.
So, is libc6-udeb appropriate for all archs? Or should we use
libc6.1-udeb for ia64 and alpha? I don't know about udeb, should we
change your wishlist just now?
Regards,
-- gotom
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