Am Dienstag, 24. Juni 2003, 16:52:59 Uhr MET, schrieb Buchan Milne:
> > I don't think we need virtual provides at all, as we could resolve the
> > dependancy at the build stage of the package to the package name. The
> > requires script could check which package provides the required
> > library and put that package name in the dependancy list.
> But which package name do you use? The real name (in which case you need
> to rebuild all packages that require the -devel package when the major
> changes) or or one of the virtual provides (ie lib<name>-devel)? In the
> latter case, which one? And how does the script decide?
I'd use the real package name. You have to rebuild every dependant
package anyway if the major number changes.
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