On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:33:05 -0400, Daniel B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.6.1 > The Debian Perl Policy manual > (file:/usr/share/doc/debian-policy/perl-policy.html/ch-perl.html) > uses the word "dependency" backwards. This error makes the > documentation hard to understand. > Per the The American Heritage Dictionary (via > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dependency), a dependency > is: > 1. Dependence. This is the sense meant. ====================================================================== >From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dependency \De*pend"en*cy\, n.; pl. {Dependencies}. 1. State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust. [1913 Webster] So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown of England. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] ====================================================================== So if they have a dependency on the crown, it is they who need the countenance of the crown, not the other way around. > 2. Something dependent or subordinate. > 3. A territory under the jurisdiction of a state of which it does > not form an integral part. > In sense 2, if A depends on B, A is a dependency of B; (B is not a > dependency of A). > The Debian Perl Policy manual, in section 1.1, says: > Only one package may contain the /usr/bin/perl binary and that > package must either be perl or a dependency of that package (see > Base Package, Section 1.2). Ie, a package for which a dependence relation ship exists, something that perl depends on. > Apparently, the intent was to say that perl or one of the packages > perl depends on must contain that binary. However, as written, it > says that some package that depends on perl must contains the > binary. Nope, perl has a dependency on this package X; like someone has a dependency on the crown of england. > Section 4.2 says: > As with modules, packages using debhelper may use dh_perl(1) to > automatically generate dependences[sic] (see Automating Perl > Dependencies, Section 3.4.3). > I don't know enough about dh_perl to know whether this is using > "dependencies" in sense 1 (in which case it's fine), or it it's > using it in sense 2, in which case it's backwards. It declares any dependencies the package may have (for example, to the crown of england ;-) > Section 5.2 says: > Dependencies for programs linking against the shared Perl library > will be automatically created by dpkg-shlibdeps. > Same comment. Same explanation. manoj -- Congratulations! You are the one-millionth user to log into our system. If there's anything special we can do for you, anything at all, don't hesitate to ask! Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C
