Re: Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}

On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 11:03:30AM +0600, Victor Porton wrote:
> In which situations
> 
> Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
> 
> is acceptable and in which is not?
> 
> I am about that it makes the built binary package depending on
> environment in which is is built. But I think this is acceptable for
> alpha versions of software, which are more for developers than for
> normal users, yes?

It is required for all packages that link against shared libraries,
whether alpha or not. Regardless of what you put in the Depends: line,
the built binary package does depend on the environment in which it is
built, because of the way dynamic linking works.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]


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