On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 11:32:38PM +0100, Adam Cécile wrote:
> You're build-depending on libsndfile-dev which is a virtual package
> without depending on a real package. I guess this is a policy violation.

AFAIK, unversioned dependencies on virtual packages are allowed. Would you
mind pointing me to the section of the policy you're referring to?

> The proper way to do is to depend on libsndfile1-dev (>= 1.0.10) |
> libsndfile-dev (>= 1.0.10).

I don't see how this can work because versioned dependencies on virtual
packages are not supported.

> This will ensure the minimum libsndfile version requirement is available
> and will allow distribution, on which libsndfile-dev install
> libsndfile0-dev, like ubuntu dapper, to build the package.

But the virtual package dependencies should work fine on dapper as-is right?
So what problem does this actually solve?

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