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From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] why PDEPEND ?
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 13:26:57
Message-Id: 20070514131821.GB27427@nibiru.local
1 Hi folks
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4 I've seen perl has some PDEPEND's, which means that these packages
5 (PodParser and Test-Harness) are emerged right after perl.
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7 Why is that necessary ?
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9 Shouldn't those packages requiring these two simply have them
10 as DEPEND ?
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13 cu
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16 Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/
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18 Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce:
19 http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce
20 Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions:
21 http://patches.metux.de/
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] why PDEPEND ? Albert Hopkins <marduk@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-user] why PDEPEND ? "Bo Ørsted Andresen" <bo.andresen@××××.dk>