Section oddities

[Andreas Rottmann <a.rottmann@gmx.at>]

Hi!

I recently packaged up some source code of mine, resulting in a source
package that creates several .debs for the sections 'libs' and
'devel'. When I installed those .debs, I found them in another section
than specified in the .deb...

Anybody know the reason for this?

Here is an example:

~$ dpkg --info ~/debian/packages/libucxx0_0.1.0-1_i386.deb 
 new debian package, version 2.0.
 size 71830 bytes: control archive= 1014 bytes.
     432 bytes,    12 lines      control              
     544 bytes,     8 lines      md5sums              
     306 bytes,    14 lines   *  postinst             #!/bin/sh
     194 bytes,     6 lines   *  prerm                #!/bin/sh
      39 bytes,     2 lines      shlibs               
 Package: libucxx0
 Version: 0.1.0-1
 Section: libs     <== Here: LIBS
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: i386
 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.3-7), libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libsigc++0
 Installed-Size: 292
 Maintainer: Andreas Rottmann <rottmann@users.sourceforge.net>
 Source: ucxx
 Description: uC++ - A C++ plugin and extension language framework
  uC++ aim is to provide a convenient way to incorporate both native
  (compiled) and scripting plugins into C++ programs.

~$ dpkg -s libucxx0
Package: libucxx0
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: devel    <== Here: devel
Installed-Size: 292
Maintainer: Andreas Rottmann <rottmann@users.sourceforge.net>
Source: ucxx
Version: 0.1.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.3-7), libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libsigc++0
Description: uC++ - A C++ plugin and extension language framework
 uC++ aim is to provide a convenient way to incorporate both native
 (compiled) and scripting plugins into C++ programs.

Thanks for any comments,
        Andy
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