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From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GNOME 1.x and GNOME 1.x dependent package masking
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:35:43
Message-Id: 200611112132.39827.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GNOME 1.x and GNOME 1.x dependent package masking by Daniel Gryniewicz
1 On Friday 10 November 2006 16:28, Daniel Gryniewicz wrote:
2 > On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 08:56 +0100, Marius Mauch wrote:
3 > > Ok, the list definitely isn't accurate. If there is a legitimate reason
4 > > to mask sylpheed-claws-1.x you also have to mask it's reverse deps.
5 > > However I'm still waiting for the explanation why it is on that list.
6 > > (I don't mind if it's masked for a good reason, but I need to know
7 > > that reason).
8 >
9 > There is no immediate reason, of course. However, gtk+-1 and glib-1
10 > will be removed as soon after the big cleanup as is feasible, and
11 > sylpheed-clasws-1.x is a gtk+-1 app, and therefore must go as well. I
12 > didn't generate the list, but my understanding was that it was intended
13 > to include all packages with a hard dep on gtk+-1, in addition to gnome
14 > 1.x.
15
16 Gtk1 actually is broken for --as-needed. It's linking is broken thanks to a
17 libtool which refuses to link against a non-installed libgdk.
18
19 Paul
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22 Paul de Vrieze
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