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Re: [ITA] X.Org X11R7.4

On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 09:46:39PM -0600, Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) wrote:
>Brian Dessent wrote:
>>> Why can't you just associate the source
>>> package with one of the two existing binary packages instead of
>>> inventing a third, empty, hidden package to associate it with?
>> 
>> But I still think this makes more sense.
>
>Because this means jumping through a lot more hoops, believe me.  This
>method (where there's no binary package corresponding to the source
>package) has precedence in Debian as well.

You can must make a package which contains nothing but source.  You
don't need a binary.

cgf
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