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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Implicit system dependency
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:49:48
Message-Id: CAJ0EP40+tHAUvcz7mM8OVB4b_mic-1Wfs5k6jJQy4uFoKmuTWw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Implicit system dependency by Luca Barbato
1 On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> wrote:
2 > On 05/11/14 02:16, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
3 >>
4 >> When I was taking my ebuild quizzes, I asked for someone to clarify the
5 >> implicit system dependency that we have enshrined in the devmanual:
6 >>
7 >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485356
8 >>
9 >> There is... some agreement, but also special cases and special-special
10 >> cases that are folklore-only at this point. To me it seems like a fine
11 >> thing to ask the council to sort out, so I'm asking here for discussion.
12 >>
13 >> Can we come up with an idiot-proof list (or FLOWCHART, even!) of what
14 >> should and should not be excluded from *DEPEND?
15 >>
16 >
17 > Assume a C runtime and a C compiler do exist.
18 >
19
20 I would extend that to a C++ compiler and library as well.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Implicit system dependency Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o>