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On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:59:58 +0000 Steve Long |
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<slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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| How serious an issue is it in terms of deps on sys pkgs? |
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Very. It means we can't realistically handle packages that, by using |
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autotools, depend upon the fifty odd system packages that are used by |
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autotools-generated code. |
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| > | > DEPEND="virtual/c-toolchain" would indeed be nice, but it's a |
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| > | > rather large change... |
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| > | How so? Isn't it simply a new meta? |
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| > And an entire tree to update before it becomes meaningful. |
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| Sure, but the changes can propagate thru as people update their |
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| ebuilds, no? |
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The tricky part then is figuring out whether something doesn't dep upon |
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c-compiler because it doesn't need one or because the ebuilds haven't |
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been updated. |
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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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