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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:11:15 +0300 |
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Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o> wrote: |
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> > * ECONF-OPTIONS |
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> query |
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> --disable-dependency-tracking has other implications than it being |
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> allowed to be passed to ./configure or not - such as dependency |
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> tracking being, well, disabled and the affects of that in face of any |
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> outside influences to headers used by it from the system, when |
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> compared to the case when dependency tracking is enabled. Such as |
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> when a separate (possibly parallel) install step kicks in. |
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If a parallel install is overwriting things on / whilst a package is |
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compiling, things are already horribly broken regardless of this |
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switch. PMS explicitly forbids that from happening. |
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> Olivier Crête also has an outstanding comment about a maintainer |
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> possibly not wanting that disabled in case of patches applied. Could |
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> use some elaboration on that thought, or comments in replies. |
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It's always possible to override it if necessary. |
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> --enable-fast-install is completely new to me for consideration under |
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> EAPI-3. Maybe I just missed it when reading PMS draft before, and it |
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> wasn't listed in the other summaries. |
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No, it's been there all along. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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