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>>>>> On Thu, 06 Jun 2019, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> On Wed, 2019-06-05 at 21:10 +0200, Pacho Ramos wrote: |
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>> > +# Then you add appropriate dependency to your package. The dependency |
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>> > +# type(s) should be: |
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>> > +# - DEPEND (+ RDEPEND) if the group is already needed at build time, |
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>> > +# - RDEPEND if it is needed at install time (e.g. you 'fowners' files |
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>> > +# in pkg_preinst), |
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>> > +# - PDEPEND if it is only needed at runtime. |
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>> Maybe is a stupid question but, why is PDEPEND preferred over RDEPEND |
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>> for packages needing the group only at runtime? |
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> To delay user creation as far as possible, in case the package failed |
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> to build. Not that it will usually work since Portage will install |
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> the user early anyway. |
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It isn't very useful then, and is more error prone than having RDEPEND |
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in both the second and third case. Plus, errors won't be necessarily |
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caught, because Portage will treat PDEPEND in the same way as RDEPEND |
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(unless there would be circular dependencies, but I don't see how that |
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could happen). |
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So, simplify and go for RDEPEND (+DEPEND if needed) only? |
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Ulrich |
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