On 2011-08-22, Russ Allbery <[email protected]> wrote: > "Bernhard R. Link" <[email protected]> writes: >> * Russ Allbery <[email protected]> [110822 19:59]: > >>> That's a fascinating point. I have never done that with any -dev >>> package, since essentially every -dev package would require that, which >>> seems rather silly. (There are almost no non-trivial C libraries that >>> don't include standard C headers.) But there's no obvious reason why >>> that shouldn't be required given the current Policy wording. > >> Which wording are you talking about? > > There are not, so far as I know, any exceptions for -dev packages from the > normal requirements for Depends, which say simply: > > The Depends field should be used if the depended-on package is > required for the depending package to provide a significant amount of > functionality. > > and given that C -dev packages are unusable in general without libc6-dev > installed, that would, on the surface, seem to qualify.
Should it also depend on a c-compiler and recommend make? :) /Sune -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
