Raphael Hertzog writes: > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Matthias Klose wrote: > > I'm preparing a build-essential upload; build-essential currently > > depends on dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.5). Should the dependency tightened? If > > yes, which version should be used? > > Why do you want a versioned dependency in the first place?
because it depends on variable names found in /usr/share/dpkg/archtable and introduced in 1.13.5. > I'm sorry, it seems that I don't get the point of your question. > > Checking build-essential changelog's doesn't help me much either: > * Increased versioned dependency on dpkg-dev to 1.13.5 to provide > support for the OS and CPU variables. > > > If a version greater than 1.14.6 is > > used, I have to depend on dpkg and dpkg-dev, because dpkg-dev only > > requires dpkg (>= 1.14.6). > > Why would you need a specific version of dpkg? I take this as answer that no specific version greater than 1.13.5 is required. thanks, Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
