devel packages with only one .pc file

Alexander Larsson alexl at redhat.com
Tue Sep 5 13:15:59 UTC 2006


On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 08:56 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 12:43 +0200, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > > Perhaps in the case of mono, where the main package has no
> > difference
> > > between the runtime and the development files (one in the same) then
> > > the .pc file can stay in the main package.  I'm OK with that.
> > 
> > So, can we change the packaging guidelines to say this? (Otherwise
> > I'll
> > be flooded with more bug reports.)
> 
> You are positive that your .pc files don't list any further software
> requirements that might be development in nature?  If they did, this
> rule wouldn't apply.  I would think that it would have to be something
> like this:
> 
> If A) your package has no distinction between runtime and development
> libraries (example mono .dll files), and B) your .pc file lists no other
> development requirements, than your .pc file can go in the main package
> and not a sub -devel package.

What if it depends on another package that satisfies this? (I.E. that
has the pc file in the main package)

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