Re: chained dependencies handling in debian/control

[Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org>]

On Mon, 02 Sep 2002, Alexandre wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Let package A depend on package B and C. 
> Let package B depend on package C. 
> I maintain A, someone else maintains B and C. 
> 
> Should I explicitely let A depend on B and C in debian/control, or is it
> OK -- or better -- to let it depend only on B? 

Do you use package C directly or only package B (which just happens to
use C). If you use it directly depend on it, otherwise not.

					yours,
					peter

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