[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#1032393: Bug#1032393: [PATCH v2 0/2] Update Build-Depends

[Bálint Réczey]

Hi Alejandro,

Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages at gmail.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2023.
márc. 8., Sze, 13:59):
>
> Hi Bálint,
>
> On 3/8/23 13:11, Bálint Réczey wrote:
> > Hi Serge,
> >
> > Serge E. Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2023. márc. 6., H, 21:30):
>
> [...]
>
> >>
> >> Hi Balint,
> >>
> >> right now shadow is not depending on either one.  Alex is adding
> >> the pkgconf one.  This diff is between Alex's two diffs, showing
> >> that his first diff had added pkg-config, while v2 is instead doing
> >> pkgconf.
> >
> > Yes, and I'd still depend on the more mature pkg-config variant if one
> > variant is added until the archive-wide transition to pkgconf is
> > completed.
>
> Didn't the transition already happen?  I thought it had.  This is what
> I see:
>
>
> $ apt-cache show pkg-config
> Package: pkg-config
> Source: pkgconf
> [...]
> Depends: pkgconf (>= 1.8.0-7~)
> Description-en: manage compile and link flags for libraries (transitional package)
>  pkgconf is an implementation of the pkg-config system, which helps to configure
>  compiler and linker flags for development frameworks.
>  .
>  pkgconf is a replacement for pkg-config, providing additional functionality
>  while also maintaining compatibility.
>  .
>  This package only provides a dependency link to the pkgconf package to help
>  with package upgrades. It can be safely removed.
> [...]
> Homepage: http://pkgconf.org/
> [...]
> Filename: pool/main/p/pkgconf/pkg-config_1.8.1-1_amd64.deb
> [...]

Oh, it already happened. I mistakenly checked that in my system's
changelog, not in unstable's.
Then I'd prefer the pkgconfig build dependency, too.

Thanks,
Balint