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On Thursday 27 October 2005 02:15, Luca Barbato wrote: |
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> Paul de Vrieze wrote: |
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> > I agree here. If you don't want packages to be pulled in because of |
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> > header files, you need support for that (perhaps in the form of |
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> > subpackages, or a useflag). But IF the header files of a package are |
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> > installed one should be able to assume that they keep on working. |
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> > Even after buildtime-only dependencies have been removed. |
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> I agree too |
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> > In the case of embedded it is clear that what in binary distributions |
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> > is part of the development package (.la files, static libraries, |
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> > header files) is not desired at all. To break dependencies to only |
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> > strip away some of the headers seems to me a half solution that |
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> > breaks a lot and doesn't solve the problem either. |
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> > Paul |
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> Btw embedded has already different way to archive the same result (ok, |
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> removing headers and static libs after isn't really the cleanest |
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> solution but works fine) |
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The hardest part is probably to build all these packages as the finals |
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shouldn't have headers while the intermediates (used to build other |
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finals against) should. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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