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On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:48:23 -0400 |
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Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> |
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> wrote: |
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> > |
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> > So please introduce virtual/compiler, virtual/linker, |
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> > virtual/posix-system, virtual/sratatata and add them to DEPEND of |
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> > every single ebuild. |
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> Every ebuild doesn't need all of those - that is the whole point. As |
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> Duncan already pointed out, reducing @system is a goal, but it doesn't |
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> mean that we need to get there overnight. However, we'll never get |
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> there if we keep going backwards. |
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Reducing @system may be a goal but it should be a *reasonable* goal. |
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Not reducing because we can reduce but because it is bloated with |
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unneeded software. |
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We shouldn't even try to go below POSIX system requirements; we |
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shouldn't remove standard Linux stuff (from Linux profiles, at least) |
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either. And I believe toolchain belongs to @system as well; or at least |
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the C99 compiler. |
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And for a reasonable Gentoo toolchain, pkg-config is a must-have. At |
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least since we deprecated and are seriously fighting libtool. |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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