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On 02-12-2008 16:33:07 +0100, Michael Haubenwallner wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 14:59 +0100, Fabian Groffen wrote: |
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> > > This is meant for packages needing the perl-library only - preferrably |
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> > > shared (from sys-devel/libperl), or static (from dev-lang/perl) on MiNT. |
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> > Do those exist? That is the most imporant here. |
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> Didn't actually search that, but why else did this thread get to this |
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> libperl dependency problem? |
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> One of us is puzzled: |
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> What I want to suggest: |
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> For sys-devel/libperl: |
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> * provides the perl-library (shared only) |
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> * is p.masked in m68k-mint profile |
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> * does not need the m68k-mint keyword |
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> For dev-lang/perl: |
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> * is expected to provide the perl-library somehow, by doing: |
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> * !m68k-mint?: depend on sys-devel/libperl |
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> * m68k-mint?: install /usr/lib/libperl.a |
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> For any package requiring the perl-library: |
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> * does need to know sys-devel/libperl might be unavailable |
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> * so depend on: || ( sys-devel/libperl dev-lang/perl ) |
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this depend is just wrong, as perl doesn't provide the library for other |
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platforms, hence my more specific depends below. |
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> * does *not* need to know about m68k-mint |
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> * IMO the more generic way |
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> > Because then you need |
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> > something like: |
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> > || ( sys-devel/libperl m68k-mint? ( dev-lang/perl ) ) |
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> > probably better: |
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> > !m68k-mint? ( sys-devel/libperl ) |
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> > m68k-mint? ( dev-lang/perl) |
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> How I understand yours: |
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> For sys-devel/libperl: |
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> * provides the perl-library (shared only) |
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> * is p.masked in m68k-mint profile |
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> * does not need the m68k-mint keyword |
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> For dev-lang/perl: |
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> * !m68k-mint?: is not expected to provide the perl-library |
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> * m68k-mint: install /usr/lib/libperl.a |
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> For any package requiring the perl-library: |
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> * does need to know that sys-devel/libperl is unavailable on |
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> m68k-mint |
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> * !m68k-mint?: depend on sys-devel/libperl |
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> * m68k-mint?: depend on dev-lang/perl |
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> * IMO the less generic way |
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But more correct, IMO. It talks easier when we know how many packages |
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actually depend on libperl... |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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