Re-uploaded ;) Martin Meredith wrote: > Ok, put simply, the rar package basically contains binary files - which are > compiled agaist libdstdc++5. these wont run without the proper dependencies. > > It was a choice of either adding in a manual depends, or adding in a > Build-Dep for shlibs to pick up - I went for the shlibs way, as shlibs was > trying to pick it up anyways, but had problems (as libstdc++6 is brought in > automatically) > > This is basically a depends to make the binary work properly. The binary > depends on it - but it isnt source code. > > I'm in talks with upstream - trying to get it to build with libstdc++6 ;) > > Anyhoo... I've added the closes to the changelog - thanks for the reminder! > > Would you be happier pulling it in with Depends: rather than doing it > through shlibs? > > > > Laszlo Boszormenyi wrote: >> Hi Martin, >> >> On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 12:19 +0000, Martin Meredith wrote: >>> The package I've just uploaded to mentors.debian.net, [...] >> Two minor problems for the first look. Please close your ITA with the >> new maintainer line; close _either_ #280595 or #337940 with the new >> upstream release line. Also a cosmetic one: copyright has more than one >> empty line after you declare that you made your changes as well. >> But why do you need libstdc++5-3.3-dev for building rar? It seems to be >> building correctly without it. Anyway, by now libstdc++6-4.0-dev should >> be used if it needed. But it would come in anyway due to build-essential >> dependency; thus I really don't see why do you need a libstdc++ >> development package.k >> About unrar: I would be happier to sponsor that, because that's the way >> rar can you away - rar creates only more archives. :-( >> >> Regards, >> Laszlo/GCS > > >
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