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Re: Multiples binaries with different versions from one source file?



On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Eric Lavarde <deb@zorglub.s.bawue.de> wrote:

> I fear I know the (negative) answer, but perhaps I missed something: I have
> one source package which creates a library and an application, where each
> has its own (different) version.
> The logical approach would be to have two binary packages created from the
> same source, with two different versions.

Why not two source packages? You might want to suggest to upstream
that they should be split up.

> Is this possible? If yes, how? (I'd survive an RTFM with a link)

For a real-world example of how this is done, look at openoffice.org.

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