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The case which triggered my attention was actually |
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app-office/libreoffice with USE="java". pkg_setup (through |
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java-utils-2.eclass java-pkg_switch-vm [1]) expects to find a |
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functional JDK environment, even though jdom-jaxen is not required as |
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RDEPEND by anything inside java eclasses and libreoffice ebuild, |
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because in fact, it's only declared as PDEPEND (in order to have the |
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circularity sorted out). |
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Given this real-world example, the ASAP feature makes possible to have |
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jdom-jaxen pulled in, in time, even if it's not something that is |
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required to PMS-compliant PMs. |
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So? A few options: |
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1. implement the ASAP feature in Entropy and live with broken dependencies |
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2. live with broken dependencies |
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3. Fix the broken dependencies |
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4. Fix the broken dependencies and have PMS defining rules for |
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scheduling PDEPENDs. |
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[1] depend-java-query --get-vm "${JAVA_PKG_NV_DEPEND:-${DEPEND}}" |
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expects to find a sane JDK environment. |
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Fabio Erculiani |
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http://lxnay.com |
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