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Re: xfree4.0.1 - xlib6g depends on xlibs-dev



On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 01:07:34AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 01:18:25PM +0200, Patrick Mauritz wrote:
> > I'm just downloading your packages of xf401. Why is there a dependency of
> > xlib6g-dev to xlibs-dev? xlibs-dev is quite large and I don't think that
> > static libraries are really required to compile some x-apps
> 
> Please review Debian policy.  Static libraries are shipped in -dev packages.
no problem with that - but aren't static libraries optional? (esp. when they are as
big as xlib)
atm they are required to install xlib6g-dev (where I expect the headers of xlib6
to work with shared-libs)

please tell me, if I missed something

P. Mauritz



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