On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Kuraiken wrote:

> I thought the -devel series meant you want it if you want to further develop
> _that_ lib...and that the normal lib is what you want to use if you simply
> develop _other_ software...doh!

The devel packages are for developing (or simply recompiling) stuff that
uses the library.
The normal package is what the resulting binaries need to run (i.e. you
won't have to include stdlib.h on your $5000 binary-only "hello" CD :)
[Sorry for calling you Microsoft :)]).

LLaP
bero


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