Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.16.1.2 Severity: minor Hi,
I read deb-shlibs(5) today and I felt it was rather vague on the "dependencies" field. Fortunately, Policy Manual ยง8.6.3 has the following: """ dependencies has the same syntax as a dependency field in a binary package control file. It should give details of which packages are required to satisfy a binary built against the version of the library contained in the package. See Syntax of relationship fields, Section 7.1 for details. """ The example in deb-shlibs(5) is not enough to deduce this[1]. The manpage does say "See the Debian Policy Manual for (further) details". However, I feel deb-shlibs(5) should explicitly tell me that dependencies has the same syntax as the Depends field[2]. ~Niels [1] Mind you, I think it is better to keep the example simple. [2] I don't mind being sent to the Policy for reading up on the syntax of a dependency field. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
