#1033162 Document proper strict depends like main-dev (= ${source:Version})) but NMU, backport and piupart safe #1033162
- Package:
- developers-reference
- Source:
- developers-reference
- Submitter:
- Bastien Roucariès
- Date:
- 2023-03-18 16:42:05 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
- Tags:
Dear Maintainer,
Sometime (think a header only dev package) you need to depend on a strict version of an other package.
However, (= ${source:Version})) is not NMU, backport, piupart and user recompile safe.
That is the best pratice ?
gpg use something like:
Depends: dirmngr (<< ${source:Version}.1~), dirmngr (>= ${source:Version}),
Breaks: dirmngr (<< ${binary:Version})
What do you think ? That is the consensus ?
Bastien