Re: Status of libjpeg7
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 04:57:20PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Bill Allombert
> <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 02:16:22PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> >> Hi Bill,
> >>
> >> What are the transition plan for libjpeg7 ? There are -at least- two
> >> packages that I know of which link to libjpeg62: VTK & ITK ? Should we
> >> update the package control file ? Or is there something else being
> >> prepared (like a libjpeg-default package).
> >
> > At this point, what you should do is check that your package Build-depend
> > on 'libjpeg-dev' (without the version) and not on 'libjpeg62-dev'.
> > At some point libjpeg7-dev will provide libjpeg-dev and libjpeg62-dev
> > will be removed from the archive.
>
> What is libjpeg-dev ?
>
> http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libjpeg-dev
>
> I cannot find it.
This is a virtual package.
THe usual policy for libray is that the current libfooN-dev provides the
virtual package libfoo-dev, and program Build-Depends on libfoo-dev.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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