Hi Chow, Chow Loong Jin <hyper...@debian.org> writes: > 1. If software that depends on native packages is installed using "go get" > or whatever other language-specific package manager, e.g. pip for Python > or > gem for Ruby is installed, there is no way to declare a dependency on > those. For example, the Python mysql bindings require some MySQL C headers > which are available in Apt, but you won't know until your pip install run > fails due to missing headers. After you're done, you move on to your next > dependency which also fails due to missing headers, and the next, and the > next… True.
> 2. If something installed from your language-specific package manager is in a > path that a Debian package overrides, dpkg is going to barf because it > doesn't know where those files come from. This of course applies to > randomly ./configure-ing stuff with --prefix=/usr and running make > install. Not going to happen in case of go. “go get” _always_ installes into a user-defined path with ~/gocode being the recommendation. > 3. Software packages from Apt cannot declare dependencies against > language-specific packages, for the same reasons highlighted in > #1. Irrelevant argument in our case, as outlined earlier in the discussion. -- Best regards, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/x6wquvm66j....@midna.zekjur.net
