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RE: [pcre] pcre-doc
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:59:59 -0000
- Subject: RE: [pcre] pcre-doc
Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>
> Then it would be better to not split the package in several parts. I
> include all the docs and manuals in the main package e.g. with gcc or
> perl and with small packages I don't even think about splitting. On the
> other hand my doc packages doesn't require anything and no package
> requires its doc package to be installed.
>
Ah, but this package has a -devel.
Some people might just want libpcre0 and pcre-docs. Some might want the
executables too. Some might just want the -devel and the -docs and entirely
install self-built libs and exes.
So I can see the split as having at least some reasonableness to it.
cheers,
DaveK
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