Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2002/05/23/23:59:56
Christopher Faylor wrote:
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> You know, I could modify upset so that you could do something like:
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> requires: cygwin1.dll cygpng10.dll
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> without too much effort.
as opposed to 'libpng10' (the package which contains cygpng10.dll)?
Mebbe. I know that rpm auto-computes that kind of dependency. But in
the case of libpngX, it's a one-to-one mapping. For other packages,
where package 'bar' contains 'cygbar.dll' and some import libs and some
executables and some headers, it might be helpful.
I dunno. It's up to the people who *depend on* libpng. As for my
packages, when I write the requires: line, I just check what package
contains the dlls I need and put it in.
Oh, but your version would auto-update the dependency (so that the
correct *package* is chosen) based on where the dll is. In case some
tomfool library maintainer goes and restructures his packages. Ummmm,
nobody here but us mice...
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> Would this be worthwhile?
Yes, given the auto-correcting behavior it would bestow.
--Chuck
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