Subject: Re: dependencies
To: Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu@netbsd.org>
From: Dr. Rene Hexel <rh@vip.at>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 08/05/2001 10:05:08 
Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:

> package A depends on gnome-libs and pthreads
> gnome-libs depends on pthreads
> 
> Should I list pthreads in package A dependencies?

  No, unless you need a more specific version of pthreads for package A
than gnome-libs does (e.g., if gnome-libs depends on pth-* but you need
pth>=1.4.0).

  Cheers
      ,
   Rene