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From: Alex Alexander <alex.alexander@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] blocking mixed versions of split QT libraries
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 17:01:26
Message-Id: 225000070905181001r4f9a9535rdbf0d07c4e6eabf0@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] blocking mixed versions of split QT libraries by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 19:51, Ciaran McCreesh
2 <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 > It wouldn't, although it would be fixed as soon as someone tried to
4 > install a package with a Qt dep.
5 >
6 > Dependencies the way they are now aren't really expressive enough to
7 > handle what you're after -- split packages are considered unrelated.
8
9 so the RDEPEND in qting-edge seems to be the only working solution for now...
10
11 is paludis expected to behave like portage in the near future
12 regarding these blocks?
13
14 are there any plans to add support for these kinds of cases in the
15 PMS? other sets of packages could probably benefit from such a feature
16 as well.
17
18 thanks
19
20 --
21 Alex Alexander || wired
22 Gentoo QT && KDE Herd Tester
23 http://www.linuxized.com

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Re: [gentoo-dev] blocking mixed versions of split QT libraries Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>