Re: [gentoo-dev] Difference between PDEPEND and RDEPEND?

[Alexander Holler]

Hello,

--On Sonntag, Juli 04, 2004 17:52:55 +0200 Alexander Holler 
<holler@××××××××××.de> wrote:

>> foo:DEPEND="bar"
>> bar:RDEPEND="baz"
>> baz:DEPEND=""
>>
>> If none of the above packages are installed, the order should be either
>> baz-bar-foo or bar-baz-foo. The reason being that bar needs to be
>
> No. Because baz is a runtime dependency, the order could be bar-foo-baz
> too.

Sorry I misread the dependencies. I'v readed foo: DEPEND="bar" 
RDEPEND="baz" and bar, baz: DEPEND=""

Then installing foo could be bar-foo-baz, bar-baz-foo or baz-bar-foo as 
I've written.

That's what I've expected portage would do. But because RDEPEND (runtime 
dependency) is handled like DEPEND (installation process dependency), I now 
understand the reason for PDEPEND to avoid circular dependencies.


Regards,

Alexander


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