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On 05:54 Sat 19 Apr , Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:45:13 -0700 |
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> Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o> wrote: |
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> > I'd go with RDEPEND only. Any other interpretation results in |
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> > installing build-time-only packages along with a binpkg, which |
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> > doesn't seem to make sense. |
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> That's definitely not what we want. Only a package's DEPENDs have to be |
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> installed and usable when that package is built. Its RDEPENDs don't |
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> have to be installed until that package is treated as usable. |
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I previously failed to clarify the situation I preferred because either |
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1 or 2b qualify as requiring RDEPEND to be installed. |
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My interpretation is pkg_* counts as runtime (I can imagine a package |
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wanting to run itself at this point), so packages in RDEPEND should be |
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usable at that point. Really, it seems to be an additional type of |
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dependency that neither DEPEND or RDEPEND fully describe, and this |
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DEPEND+RDEPEND idea isn't quite capturing it either. I say this because |
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I wouldn't want everything in DEPEND installed with a binpkg so it can |
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run pkg_*, and I also can see how some people wouldn't consider a |
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package in a runnable state until pkg_* have finished (so thus RDEPEND |
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shouldn't be required). |
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> For why this matters: |
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> cat/a-1: RDEPEND cat/b |
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> cat/b-1: RDEPEND cat/a |
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> This is solvable. If package managers can't solve this, they can't |
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> install Gnome off a stage 3... |
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Dealing with this under my interpretation is a bit weird. I think it |
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might need some sort of staging area. That's one reason I mentioned the |
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additional dep type. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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