On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 04:49:51PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 04:39:19PM +0100, Silke Reimer wrote: > > First I don't know how to fill the Depends for libgdal1-dev > > correctly. > > http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html#AEN75 > > explains the following: > > > > """ > > The -dev package should depend on all -dev packages for libraries > > that the library package depends upon, with the specific (so)version > > that the library package is linked against. This includes libc-dev. > > """ > [...] > > This is bogus. The Depends should list the -dev packages that are > needed for linking against your library (basically if libgal's header > files include header files from other packages you should depend on > this packages)
Thanks. This is more sensible and now it is not that difficult to
provide the *-dev's on the Depends: field.
Silke
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