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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Implicit system dependency
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 01:16:59
Message-Id: 54597A81.5050002@gentoo.org
1 When I was taking my ebuild quizzes, I asked for someone to clarify the
2 implicit system dependency that we have enshrined in the devmanual:
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4 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485356
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6 There is... some agreement, but also special cases and special-special
7 cases that are folklore-only at this point. To me it seems like a fine
8 thing to ask the council to sort out, so I'm asking here for discussion.
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10 Can we come up with an idiot-proof list (or FLOWCHART, even!) of what
11 should and should not be excluded from *DEPEND?

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Implicit system dependency "Rick \\\"Zero_Chaos\\\" Farina" <zerochaos@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Implicit system dependency Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o>
[gentoo-dev] Re: Implicit system dependency Michael Palimaka <kensington@g.o>