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On Sunday 11 January 2004 06:01, Spider wrote: |
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> Well, I'd like to see proper use of DEPEND vs. RDEPEND instead. |
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> rpm2targz is a DEPEND but not an RDEPEND, and having a portage that |
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> automatically suggests "DEPEND" and not RDEPEND packages as "unneeded" |
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> could be a good thing. |
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> Another idea is to have portage install all RDEPEND but not DEPEND |
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> -after- the package, thereby locking down even more dependency bugs with |
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> malcreated packages. |
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> Separating UDEPEND only to get DEPEND more finegrained isn't a good |
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> thing though. I really don't see the need for an extra thing just to |
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> unpack but not to compile. |
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I agree with Spider here, the only thing that I see as missing in the |
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dependency scheme is a good way to specify optional runtime packages. |
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(Packages that will be used if present, but that are not needed at compile |
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time or installation time) |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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