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On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:27:35 +0900 Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o> |
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wrote: |
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| For the 14 cases you mentioned that were making a mistake, they |
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| probably can be rewritten so as to force an install of the first |
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| matching package, but when that isn't what is wanted it becomes a bit |
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| of a headache. |
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That should *always* be what's wanted. Packages should only alter |
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dependencies / build parameters based upon USE flags, not based upon |
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what else happens to be installed. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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Mail : ciaranm at ciaranm.org |
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Web : http://ciaranm.org/ |
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