-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2/13/11 8:49 AM, Julius Canute wrote: > libncurses5 > I assume libncurses5 to be a superset of libncurses5-shlibs meaning the > shared library should be provided while installing libncurses5. >
Something like that, yes. libncurses5 Depends on libncurses5-shlibs, so you do indeed get the libraries indirectly when you install libncurses5. We have a couple of typical ways to name library packages and their development (header) packages: foo-dev foo-shlibs - --or-- foo foo-shlibs libncurses5 and libncurses5-shlibs represent the second case. This is covered in the packaging manual. > libncurses5-shlibs > I assume that this package provides shared library alone. > Correct. > I have written like: > BuildDepends:libncurses5 > Depends:libncurses5-shlibs > Idea got by looking @ similar packages. > That's right. > shouldn't it be > BuildDepends:libncurses5 > Depends:libncurses5 > ? No. It's against policy to specify a Depends: on a development package because those are only needed at build time. They can be switched to install a later version of the package in question. For example, if libncurses6 became available one could switch libncurses5 for libncurses6 to allow a package to build against the libraries from libncurses6-shlibs. Again, this is in the packaging manual. - -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1X7UsACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ9HZACfVxHr8oS4PuRuGg6J1fQRoguE uxwAn2c4QjgQ/srNlv4ZtvPBE68aV2mC =x8fO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
