From 679935a829a97efc2bf07cfacf7785f80c4363b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Harl Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:26:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added debian/README.Debian. Added a note explaining the use of the 'Build-Depends-Package' field. --- debian/README.Debian | 16 ++++++++++++++++ debian/changelog | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 debian/README.Debian diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7faff2c --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +liboping on Debian +================== + +Notes on using liboping-dev: +---------------------------- + +The liboping library provides two functions, namely ping_setopt() and +ping_iterator_get_info(), whose functionality is defined by a set of numerical +IDs, each defining a specific feature. New features may be added by adding +support for additional IDs without breaking the API or ABI. If your software +uses those functions, make sure to build-depend on the appropriate version of +liboping-dev. This will also ensure - by means of the 'Build-Depends-Package' +field in liboping's symbols file (see dpkg-shlibdeps(1) for details) - that +the resulting binary package depends on the right version of liboping while +not imposing the latest version on all packages. + diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index dd73551..cb83e07 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ liboping (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low module. * debian/liboping0.shlibs: - Updated version to >= 1.3.0. + * Added debian/README.Debian: + - Added a note explaining the use of the 'Build-Depends-Package' field. - -- Sebastian Harl Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:18:35 +0200 + -- Sebastian Harl Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:20:28 +0200 liboping (0.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low -- 2.30.2