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From: Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Implicit system dependency
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 09:06:56
Message-Id: 545B3A24.1090805@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Implicit system dependency by Mike Gilbert
1 On 05/11/14 18:49, Mike Gilbert wrote:
2 > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> wrote:
3 >> On 05/11/14 02:16, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
4 >>>
5 >>> When I was taking my ebuild quizzes, I asked for someone to clarify the
6 >>> implicit system dependency that we have enshrined in the devmanual:
7 >>>
8 >>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485356
9 >>>
10 >>> There is... some agreement, but also special cases and special-special
11 >>> cases that are folklore-only at this point. To me it seems like a fine
12 >>> thing to ask the council to sort out, so I'm asking here for discussion.
13 >>>
14 >>> Can we come up with an idiot-proof list (or FLOWCHART, even!) of what
15 >>> should and should not be excluded from *DEPEND?
16 >>>
17 >>
18 >> Assume a C runtime and a C compiler do exist.
19 >>
20 >
21 > I would extend that to a C++ compiler and library as well.
22
23 We are having yet another C++-moment (libstdc++ as usual) so it might
24 change, please beware.
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26 lu