Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 02:51:52PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: >> In all that cases, you can _either_: >> >> 3) change the shlibs file to document the dependency on the library, e.g >> change libfontconfig1.shlibs to >> libfontconfig 1 libfontconfig1 (>= 2.3.0), fontconfig >> and rebuild every package using libfontconfig. At this point you can >> remove the circular dependency. > > I start to believe this is part of the solution if done completly > differently: > > Do not change libfontconfig1.shlibs. Instead move the actual library to > a new package libfontconfig1-lib. Provide a (possibly dummy) package > libfontconfig1 that depend on libfontconfig1-lib (=${Source-version}) and > on fontconfig. Change fontconfig to depend on libfontconfig1-lib but not > on libfontconfig1 (overriding the shlibdeps mechanism here).
I like that. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]