Osamu Aoki wrote: > Also, for such input method plugins, we have a hook and configuration script > "im-config" to initialize such input method environment while starting X.
Could you spell this out more? What environment variables will im-config set that include architecture names? Which architecture should they name --- the architecture of the /usr/bin/X binary? > To update im-config for multiarch, I would like to have access to following > commands without depending on the dpkg-dev package since user program > depending > on -dev package is weired: > > * current-library-path > equivalent of > $ dpkg-architecture|sed -n 's/^DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH=\(.*\)/\1/p' When building a new program, "gcc -print-multiarch" seems to be the usual way. > * installed-library-path > list all library-path > I do not know how to get this reliably ld.so does not expose that information. However, you can search for a library used by a binary on the library path with "ldd". [...] > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 08:01:24PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> This is something that could use some native english speaker to write a >> proposal/specs for with some examples where it is needed. Any takers? > > Yes. > > (I guess since we are talking spec, there is no tools such as apt-get nor > aptitude to manage such dependencies.) While the kind of interfaces you are talking about would be welcome, I don't think they are what Ian and Goswin were looking for. I think they wanted a way to tell the packaging system "This package (fakeroot) depends on this library (libfakeroot) from all enabled architectures", or "This package (something-input-method-related) depends on this library (some-input-method-plugin) from the same architecture as this other package (some-daemon-that-will-dlopen-it)". Hope that helps, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111224014501.GA26794@elie.Belkin
