On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:28:03PM +0100, Juergen Salk wrote: > Yes. The library package name should reflect the soname attribute.
… if upstream increments the SONAME correctly. It's totally OK to use an integer instead that's just increased every time the ABI actually changes. > At least the libdcmtk2-dev package must have a conflicts against the > previous version in order to prevent two versions installed at the > same time, which would cause a filename clash of the header files > included in the packages. I'd recommend to have only one libdcmtk-dev package, always containing/ depending on the most recent version of the library. That way it's trivial to rebuild all dependent packages as it does not involve changing their Build-Depends. Best regards, Manuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110129091745.GA4455@woodstock
