[CentOS-devel] Circular build dependencies in RHCS packages
Feizhou
feizhou at graffiti.net
Mon Aug 1 15:11:28 UTC 2005
Matthew Miller wrote:
>On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 10:18:21PM -0400, Charlie Brady wrote:
>
>
>>>>I've already tried and failed to convince RedHat that their pattern of
>>>>having xxx-devel packages require xxx is wrong.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Often they actually do, though.
>>>
>>>
>>Would you care to explain, or give an example?
>>
>>
>
>Try to build an SDL program with SDL-devel installed but not SDL.
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>
>
xxx packages frequently contain the libraries and the xxx-devel packages
the C headers and what not.
Pretty much pointless in installing the C headers without installing the
libraries also.
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