Petteri Räty wrote: >> I think we will need something similar to the shlibs system, no?
> Well why would they be any different for a binary distribution? I don't know how Gentoo works, but it's not enough for us to know which ABI version of a particular dependency we need, we also need the mapping of that ABI to Debian packages to avoid upgrade problems. For instance, if libfoo releases version 1.0, 2.0 and 2.1, where the ABI changes at 2.0, then a package built against libfoo 2.1 should get a versioned dependency on libfoo >= 2.0. That information has to be stored somewhere, i.e., a shlibs file, so that the build process can figure it out. (Or am I missing something?) Marcus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
