On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 07:59:11PM +0200, Falko Schmidt wrote: > On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 05:00:31PM +0200, Jens Taprogge wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 07:25:56AM -0700, Blake B. wrote: > > > Thanks, though the library doesn't belong in the -dev package. I'll > > > add the others if someone doesn't beat me to it. > > > > As far as I know the .so file does belong into the -dev package since it > > is a symbolic link that is only used at build time to determine which > > versioned so.* to link against. (See > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html#s-sharedlibs-dev). > > > Isn't more convenient to have a -dev package depend on the library > package to include the .so's? > > Falko
No. Installing two versions of the same library that both (try to) provide the .so would not work. Jens ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
