effect of checkinstall debs

[NoOp]

On 03/14/2010 11:06 PM, Patton Echols wrote:
> I wanted to experiment with darktable 
> (http://darktable.sourceforge.net/)  The only .deb on the website is for 
> 64bit.  I was able to compile from the source after tracking down an 
> number of -dev libraries.  I used checkinstall to create a deb and have 
> a working installation.

At least you got checkinstall to create a deb... I wasn't so lucky, see
the "Compiling Question" thread.

> 
> Here is the question:
> 
> If I provide that deb to other users, will dpkg resolve dependencies?  I 
> assume the foo-dev libraries are only needed for compiling.  But if dpkg 
> will not resolve conflicts, is there some way that I can find out the 
> dependencies so that users can know what they are?

Not sure about any of the above, but you might want to have a look at:
<https://launchpad.net/~pmjdebruijn/+archive/ppa>
which has darktable.
<http://ppa.launchpad.net/pmjdebruijn/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/d/darktable/>
[darktable_0.4+git20100315-0pmjdebruijn1~karmic_i386.deb]
installed for me (karmic 32bit).

Might also be of interest:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/376470
[[needs-packaging] darktable]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=553359
[ITP: darktable -- virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers]