Re: Separating packages.

["n.v.t n.v.t" <joefso@hotmail.com>]

> From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@logic.univie.ac.at>
> Reply-To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org, JoeFSO@hotmail.com
> To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org
> CC: JoeFSO@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: Separating packages.
> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:31:43 +0200
>
> On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:24:10AM +0000, n.v.t n.v.t wrote:
> > I have simple question which I could not find in the debian policy, 
> maybe
> > someone could point me out to that section or the right documentation? 
> Or a
> > explanation would be nice. I'm debianizing a package that I would like 
> to
> > split up in several parts, the package has a 'backgrounds' directory a
> > 'icons' directory and a 'examples' directory. How do I handle this? I 
> would
> > like to create packages like:
> >
> > package-backgrounds
> > package-icons
> > package-examples
> > package-name (which contains all of the above) Should I do this as a
> > meta-package? How do I create a meta-package?
> [...]
>
> Why? How big are the components? Would somebdy e.g install package-name
> without package-icons or the other way round?
>            cu andreas

It was a example. The person might only want the backgrounds or only the 
icons.



package
     * Contains all the files not in the other packages.
     * Depends on -backgrounds, -icons, and -examples (or only those
       required, you may want to leave out -examples from the
       dependency list).
package-backgrounds
     * Contains backgrounds.
     * May be installed separately (no dependencies).
package-icons
     * Contains icons.
     * May be installed separately (no dependencies).
package-examples
     * Contains examples.
     * Depends on package.

Sounds better to me.


> What does the ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} mean? I can't find the 
> meaning of those in the debian policy either? Why not just put depends of 
> the splited package in the depends line instead of this?

This question still remains open to me.


Joe

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