El Domingo, 17 de Julio de 2005 05:23, Steve Langasek escribió: > The current version of xlibs-dev is not fully backwards-compatible with > previous versions built from xfree86, because in the xorg tree a number of > packages have been split out of the xlibs-static-dev package, e.g., > libxxf86vm-dev. Packages that previously had a build-dependency on > xlibs-dev only now FTBFS; if the intention is to break backwards > compatibility, I think it would be better to drop the xlibs-dev package > altogether, otherwise these libs should be re-added to the dependencies of > xlibs-dev.
Hello, Steve. I think that it was Branden's desire to drop completely
xlibs-dev after sarge and choose whatever dependency you need from the
libx*-dev miriad. So the second option will be, in my humble opinion, the
path to follow. I do not speak on XSF's behalf, though.
Best regards,
Ender.
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