Le jeudi 20 novembre 2014 à 17:45 -0800, Joseph Coffland a écrit : > Package: libv8-3.14.5 > Version: 3.14.5.8-8 > Severity: normal > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: jessie/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 3.14-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages libv8-3.14.5 depends on: > ii libc6 2.19-10 > ii libgcc1 1:4.9.1-12 > ii libstdc++6 4.9.1-12 > > libv8-3.14.5 recommends no packages. > > libv8-3.14.5 suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > > Adding a virtual package named libv8 will make it much easier to create > packages which depend on libv8. > > I'm having a problem with a binary package I've created which depends on > libv8. If I specify a dependency on > libv8-3.14.5 directly then my package wont install on some systems. If I > leave out the dep then my software > wont run with out the user manually searching for the latest version of libv8 > and installing it. > > Please help.
Your package won't install on some systems anyway, since libv8 does not build/run on all architectures. >From what you say it looks like your package dependency on libv8 is optional ? If that's the case then use a Recommends or Suggests relationship in debian/control. Jérémy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
