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Amit Dor-Shifer wrote: |
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> Hi. |
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> i read in |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=3 |
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> <QUOTE> |
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> Never depend on a meta-package. |
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> So don't depend on gnome-base/gnome, always depend on the specific |
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> libraries like libgnome. |
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> <UNQUOTE> |
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> Where can I find a definition of this term? |
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> Is there some equery/qsearch invocation that returns a list of such |
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> packages (installed or available)? |
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> Is there some ebuild setting that marks a package as being a "meta" |
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> package? Does gnome-base/gnome carry this setting? |
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> Thanks, |
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> Amit |
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Hi Amit, |
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a meta-package is a package that depends on a group of other packages but |
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doesn't contain any source of itself. Basically it's a shorthand for the entire |
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group for installing from command line. |
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Portage is getting explicit support for groups so I think we then no longer need |
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metapackages. |
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Marijn |
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- -- |
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Sarcasm puts the iron in irony, cynicism the steel. |
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Marijn Schouten (hkBst), Gentoo Lisp project, Gentoo ML |
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<http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/>, #gentoo-{lisp,ml} on FreeNode |
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