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Re: Listing dependencies with specific versions



Andy Hawkins wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm in the process of building my first package. Most of the dependencies
> generated by ${shlibs:Depends} are fine for the package, but I need to force
> the version of one particular component.
> 
> So I've put
> 
> Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libflac++6(>=1.2.1)
> 
> in the 'control' file. This causes Lintian to issue a warning:
> 
> package-has-a-duplicate-relation depends: libflac++6, libflac++6 (>= 1.2.1)
According to the man dpkg-gencontrol, just place 'libflac++6(>=1.2.1)' before
the '${shlibs:Depends}', and dpkg-control with throw away less strong dependency.

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Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com
Ukrainian C++ Developer, Debian APT contributor

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