On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 04:17:35PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > > > > I wonder if in those special cases an Embed: <source> tag could be > > > > added in > > > > debian/control to help tracking things. > > > > > > That would be a nice thing, also if this would include > > > information if the code is really included or just > > > statically linked against it. > > > > Well, I would consider statically linking a non embedded (i.e. a packaged) > > library a bug... Are there known cases where this is a required condition? > > Yes, dpkg for example links statically against libbz2 and zlib just to > pick a famous example. > Kind regards > Nico >
So two different fields would be useful, the static related one would be probably better depending on the right -dev package instead of the source package. Maybe something like Embedded-Sources: <source-pkg>, ... Static-Build-Depends: <dev-pkg>, ... with usual version relationships. -- Francesco P. Lovergine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]