[gentoo-dev] Re: Build dependencies and upgrades.

[Duncan]

Mike Gilbert posted on Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:04:02 -0400 as excerpted:

> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera
> (klondike) <klondike@g.o> wrote:
>> So, is there any reason for this behaviour? Shouldn't build
>> dependencies either be cleaned with --depclean after building or be
>> upgraded to avoid possible issues?
>>
>>
> I agree: with-bdeps should either default to y or n across the board.
>
> I understand the idea behind turning it on for depclean to reduce the
> amount uninstalls/re-installs, but I think that really just introduces
> more confusion than the time savings is worth.

FWIW, --with-bdeps is a relatively new portage option.  AFAIK it was 
added during the period when the docs team was pretty much just a single 
person, who was getting further and further behind and was understandably 
burnt out, but being the only person available, he remained at his post 
tho I'm sure he would have MUCH rather done something else.

That's probably why there's no mention in the docs other than the portage 
manpage.  Now that we have swift back, he's applying some much needed 
attention to the docs tree and its coming back into shape. =:^)

So yes, I'd suggest a handbook update is in order.  Well, either that, or 
arguably, a tweak of the portage defaults.  But of course Zac's the guy 
who knows most about that, and why the defaults are what they are, so 
he's the one that needs to answer on that angle.

Meanwhile, thanks for bringing it up, klondike. =:^)

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