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From: William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] new virtual -- virtual/go to fix go build time dependencies
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 19:20:43
Message-Id: 20170308192009.GA12051@whubbs1.gaikai.biz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] new virtual -- virtual/go to fix go build time dependencies by Michael Orlitzky
1 On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 07:44:01AM -0500, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
2 > On 03/08/2017 01:27 AM, Zac Medico wrote:
3 > > On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 4:38 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
4 > >> On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 07:13:38PM -0500, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
5 > >>> If all dev-go libraries wind up in RDEPEND solely to force rebuilds on
6 > >>> upgrades, why not do the same with the standard library (dev-lang/go)?
7 > >>
8 > >> They should not end up in rdepend at all since we only need them at
9 > >> build-time.
10 > >
11 > > Shouldn't we get rebuilds when the dev-go libraries are upgraded too?
12 > >
13 >
14 > That's what I was getting at.
15 >
16 > Another reading of the PMS reminds me (as Kent pointed out) that
17 > slot-operator deps shouldn't be used for would-be-nice stuff. It says
18 > specifically that := "indicates that the package will break..."
19
20 Another option is to not force thisand rely on everyone to use
21 --with-bdeps=y to make the rebuild happen.
22
23 I'm not sure whether this is a good idea, but it makes sense in a way
24 since we are talking about build-time dependencies.
25
26 William

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