Re: inter libraries dependencies again
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 01:19:57PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
>
>
> >> Are you sure you're not talking about dependencies while
> >> I'm dealing with build-dependencies.
> >
> > Mmm, yes, ...
> >
> > But even dependencies can be a problem for build dependencies, since the
> > autobuilders need to install dependent packages also.
>
> ...
>
> > So, what does everyone think, should we aim at a new policy entry,
> > saying that for build dependencies, we depend on the real package, and
> > use a single versioned dependency (of the kind >= 3.06-1, >= 3.06-13,
> > >= 3.07-1) ?
>
> I sounds good to me. And we keep on using virtual dependencies for
> package dependencies so we cannot break installed packages.
Yes, the only problem is the one is spoke about, we can build old
packages with new versions of ocaml (or other dependencies for that
matter) and this may break on some architectures.
What do the others think about this ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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