Peter Samuelson <pe...@p12n.org> writes: > [Goswin von Brederlow] >> But how would -dev packages signal that they need support for this? >> They do not depend on pkg-config as they are usable without. Should >> they Breaks: pkg-config (<< ver)? Seems too strong. > > Alternatively, create a symlink into /usr/lib/pkgconfig/ in postinst, > if one isn't already present. Indeed, dh_makeshlibs could do this in > the same way it adds those 'ldconfig' calls. (Well, I suppose some > shlib packages don't run dh_makeshlibs -s, instead using -p on each > library package ... but they could if they wanted.) > -- > Peter Samuelson | org-tld!p12n!peter | http://p12n.org/
Then installing the i386 package on amd64 would create the symlink and make sources building for 64bit find the 32bit libraries. Verry bad idea. I'm just missing a way to tell dpkg nicely: Depends: pkg-config (>= 1.2-3) if something Build-Depends on me and pkg-config. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org