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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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