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Re: Addition to the list of virtual package names

> Manoj> I would also like to request the maintainer of libc5-dev to
> Manoj> provide the virtual-package kernel-headers, since the newer
> Manoj> versions of libc5-dev provide kernel-headers.
> 
> David> Yes, libc5-dev contains its own kernel headers, but IMO, it
> David> should not be connected to any kernel-headers package.
> 
> ...
> 	If a package needs kernel headers, then users should not have
>  to load kernel-source-X.X.XX do so, espescially if they already have
>  libc5-dev that provides them.  But if the package (rightly) depends
>  on the virtual package kernel-headers, then they shall be forced to
>  do so unless libc5-dev provides that virtual package.

This is where I disagree.  The kernel headers provided in libc5-dev
are serve a totally different purpose from those in a would be
kernel-headers package (virtual or not).  If the kernel headers in
libc5-dev are sufficient for some particular package, it should simply
depend on libc5-dev.  However, if that package needs headers from a
specific kernel, it should explicitly depend on that specific kernel.
Now if you think there are cases where someone will only want the
headers from a kernel without the rest of the source, then by all
means continue to make a separate kernel-headers package.

David
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