On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> Missing shlibs.local file and binaries in the lib package? > > > > That would be only a "reason" for a build-depends on itself, but not for > > a depends on itself. > > If the lib itself is also installed then dpkg-shlibs would find the > lib and lookup the shlibs info for the lib. Or not?
Ah, yes, I suppose. I was using the word "reason" as "justification", not as "cause". In either case, a package which depends on itself is almost surely a bug, I would certainly welcome a lintian warning for that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
