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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: [ccheney@cheney.cx: libqt2 libpng2 resolution]
From:       Adrian Bunk <bunk () fs ! tum ! de>
Date:       2002-01-09 13:48:03
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On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Daniel Stone wrote:

> > > How do you plan to prevent programs that link with libqt2 to also link
> > > with libpng3 ? Manual check ?
> >
> > Another possiblility is the following (only the new dependencies are
> > listed):
> >
> > Package: libqt2-dev
> > Conflicts: libpng3
> > Build-Conflicts: libpng3
> >
> > [note that libpng3 is the library package _not_ the -dev package]
> >
> >
> > This way neither a program that links with libqt2 nor a library libqt2 is
> > linked with can be linked with libpng3.
>
> What? That means that you can't have a libpng3 program on a machine with
> libqt2-dev installed ... icky.

Yes, but that's the only way I see to ensure that there aren't some ugly
problems like e.g.

Package: abc
Depends: libqt2, libxyz

Package: libqt2
Depends: libpng2

Package: libxyz
Depends: libpng3

> -d

cu
Adrian




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