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From: Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Dependencies on system packages
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:30:23
Message-Id: em5fs9$md9$1@sea.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Dependencies on system packages by Ciaran McCreesh
1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > That one pulls us back into the lack of distinction between "stuff
3 > needed when compiling against this library" and "stuff this library
4 > needs to run".
5 >
6 Wouldn't your c-toolchain or a compiler eg for PERL or Java do?
7
8 > | or by using meta-packages.
9 >
10 > DEPEND="virtual/c-toolchain" would indeed be nice, but it's a rather
11 > large change...
12 >
13 How so? Isn't it simply a new meta?
14
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Dependencies on system packages Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@×××××××.org>