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On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:43:08 -0700 |
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Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> wrote: |
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> I would agree that RDEPEND should likely be installed prior to |
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> pkg_preinst to satisfy the dependency. After all, PDEPEND is "good |
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> enough" for doing packages that aren't required at |
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> pkg_preinst/pkg_postinst. |
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It's likely to, but not guaranteed to be. |
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> We definitely don't want to install DEPEND at the pkg_* stages, so I'd |
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> say the requirement there, if you're asking, is prior to src_*, if |
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> that matters. |
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If the alternatives are not being able to install from a binary at all |
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due to circular dependencies, or being able to install from a binary |
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using DEPEND to satisfy circular dependencies, which would you take? |
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> I'd love to have some kind of functionality to allow some kind of |
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> "optional" dependencies. The only real way that I could see this |
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> working is if we tracked what was installed as an optional dependency, |
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> and not reinstall it if it has been removed the next time the |
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> depending package is merged. |
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Sort of like what kdebuild has for suggested dependencies, but less |
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strong? |
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Ciaran McCreesh |