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commit: be7ec7f3d2965719ffb69879bd879fc9b48c6dc1 |
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Author: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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AuthorDate: Sun Dec 29 08:03:11 2019 +0000 |
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Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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CommitDate: Wed Jan 29 07:58:26 2020 +0000 |
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URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=be7ec7f3 |
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general-concepts/dependencies: Improve PDEPEND |
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Rewrite the PDEPEND description to be more focused on its purpose. |
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Rename to 'Post Dependencies' to match PMS. Reverse the weird backwards |
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logic that indicated that they might be installed before the package |
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into saying that they may be installed after it. Clearly indicate |
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that its only purpose is to resolve circular dependencies. |
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Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo.org> |
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Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> |
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general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml | 12 +++++------- |
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1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) |
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diff --git a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml |
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index 8deca1f..dde6cda 100644 |
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--- a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml |
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+++ b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml |
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@@ -94,16 +94,14 @@ Items which are in <c>RDEPEND</c> but not <c>DEPEND</c> could <e>in theory</e> b |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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-<title>Post-Merge Dependencies</title> |
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+<title>Post Dependencies</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-The <c>PDEPEND</c> variable specifies dependencies that should be |
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-merged <e>after</e> the package, but which may be merged at any time, |
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-if the former is not possible. This is sometimes used for plugins |
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-that have a dependency upon the package being merged. Generally |
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-<c>PDEPEND</c> should be avoided in favour of <c>RDEPEND</c> except |
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-where this will create circular dependency chains. |
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+The <c>PDEPEND</c> variable specifies runtime dependencies that do not strictly |
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+require being satisfied immediately. They can be merged <e>after</e> |
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+the package. This variable is used purely to resolve circular dependencies, |
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+while in general case <c>RDEPEND</c> should be used instead. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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