Re: best practices for dependencies version in new package
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Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 08:56:57PM -0300, marciotex@gmail.com wrote:
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>> Hi.
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>> Scenario. Package is new (no version uploaded yet). Dependences is
>> determined: dpkg-depcheck and pbuilder was used. But these tools not
>> help task determine dependences version. So, what best practices for
>> dependencies version in this package?
>>
>> What I did already: look bug reports for Dependencies.
>
> Shared library runtime dependencies will happen automatically with the
> shlibs system; when compiling against a shared library, its
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/$p.shlibs file lists the packages and versions
> providing compatible interface.
Ok. Shared libs are ok.
> For other packages, you'll likely just keep track of interfaces
> provided only by new versions. You might consult with your upstream,
> if you're looking for version-specific stuff they use. Often it is
> just the maintscripts and rules that you'll be familiar with. For
> example, sed -i is available only in version 4, so sed (>>4.0).
>
> What are you build-deps, and do you have any deps other than shared
> libs?
Yes. See it:
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), autotools-dev, libraw1394-8-dev (>=
1.2.1), dpatch, cdbs, pkg-config
> Justin
>
>
Thanks,
Regards,
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