Re: Package naming [was Re: [Sheflug] Problems installing GDK]

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Mon, 8 May 2000, Bob Ham wrote:

> > xyz-dev usually means the full source code to xyz; otherwise, you may only
> > be getting a pre-compiled binary. Sometimes adding the header file counts as
> > '-dev' too.
> 
> In debian, 'xxx-dev_*.deb's just contain the static libraries and header
> files so that you can compile things, not any source at all. 

Well, headers *are* source, but having full source in -dev or not usually
depends on the package. Commonly, xyz.rpm will contain the library. -dev
will contain the library and the header, but this library will be compiled
-g.  It's not a good idea to replace your normal library with this one,
hence many people distribute -devs with source. Of course, source is often
included too just as courtesy...

> I thought
> that with rpms you got 'xxx.src.*.rpm' for package sources.

or *.srpm, yep.

Cheers,

Alex.

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