[arch-general] Depends on foo-bar=10.0-3

mpan archml-y1vf3axu at mpan.pl
Mon Aug 14 12:03:45 UTC 2017


> why does a package from official repositories mentions what version of
> a dependency is required? 
  Because it may be that it is working only with that particular
version. The two common scenarios are:

  1) The package requires protocol/API/ABI/header/etc-level
     compatibility. You may see this like: foo=a.b.c and bar=a.b.c
     are coming together.
  2) The package requires newer API (≥X), but it is also known
     that available versions newer than X have some bug that
     prevent the package from working (≤X). Effectively one
     gets =X in requirements.

  It seems that you case is the first one.

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