Re: .deb dependancy hell

From: Colin Watson (cjwatson_at_debian.org)
Date: 01/29/04

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    Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:35:08 +0000
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    On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 03:32:53PM -0500, Richard Hoskins wrote:
    > If package A needs package B, and package B needs package A, why in
    > the world are they two separate packages?

    Separate libraries frequently need to be in separate packages, because
    all hell breaks loose otherwise if the soname of library A changes while
    the soname of library B stays the same. 

    -- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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