Re: dpkg-shlibdeps problem
On Sun, 2006-08-27 at 17:34 +1000, skaller wrote:
> dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: format of libdemux_dynamic.so not recognized
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> I'm not sure why dh_shlibdeps is needed .. I guess it is trying
> to calculated Depends package names based on library names
> which are actually detected as dependencies .. ?
>
> If so, the above warning is harmless (since the library named
> is sure to be available since it is actually part of the
> package).
I should add: if it is not looking for what the shlib itself
depends on, it is bad: the shlibs may also depend on external
libraries and of course these do have to be installed on
the client machine.
For example a dependency on GMP (GNU multiple precision
arithmetic library) may exist, in which case control must Depend:
directly or indirectly on the package containing it.
In fact, typically the -dev package will be required.
This is hard to get right: although there are regression
tests included with the package, they cannot be run
automatically with the installed package .. they're
run only at build time.
I think this is an upstream design bug. However for
Debian it can be fixed with a postinstall script, right?
Without such tests .. there's no easy way to tell if
the .deb is actually right.
I'm not sure a 20 minute postinstall script is a nice
thing tho .. :)
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John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net>
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