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On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:53:41 +0100 |
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Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:32:45 +0200 |
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> Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> > After last discussion on #gentoo-portage, I'm submitting a proposal |
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> > on rephrasing *DEPEND descriptions in the PMS. The idea is to state |
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> > better when and whether these are actually installed. |
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> This isn't right. There's no guarantee at all for pkg_pretend, for |
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> example. |
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True. How about pkg_setup()? Shall we assume RDEPEND are there or rely |
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on @system only? |
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> It's also wrong to go by "files installed by the ebuild". Think, for |
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> example, a package which installs nothing but that creates a user. |
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I'm not sure how RDEPEND could be useful for such a package. |
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> I also dislike the "rebooted" phrasing for PDEPEND. "Before the |
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> package manager finishes the group of installs" is better. |
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Ok, I dislike it either. Maybe 'a batch of installs'? |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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