Bug#681136: Should libavcodec-extra-53 Provides: libavcodec53? [Was: Re: Bug#681136: libavcodec-extra-53: Cannot install libavcodec-extra-53 without losing kde]

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Fabian Greffrath <fabian at greffrath.com> wrote:
> Am 12.07.2012 11:15, schrieb Reinhard Tartler:
>
>> That would make 'libavcodec53' a "virtual" package, which AFAIUI would
>> break versioned dependencies as dpkg does not support "versioned
>> provides".
>
>
> This doesn't sound like a problem as long as both binary packages are built
> from the same sources, e.g. the gnuplot package family does the same
> (gnuplot-qt Provides: gnuplot-x11 Provides: gnuplot-nox).

Well, it will be a problem for all application packages that link
against libavcodec, as it would effectively break the shlibs system.


-- 
regards,
    Reinhard