Re: Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}

["Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <shalehperry@attbi.com>]

>> 
>> I am about that it makes the built binary package depending on
>> environment in which is is built. But I think this is acceptable for
>> alpha versions of software, which are more for developers than for
>> normal users, yes?
> 
> It is required for all packages that link against shared libraries,
> whether alpha or not. Regardless of what you put in the Depends: line,
> the built binary package does depend on the environment in which it is
> built, because of the way dynamic linking works.
> 

further, the environment you build a package in should be similar to the
environment your users have.  If this is not the case use one of the packages
which creates a chroot for compiling packages.


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