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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Difference between PDEPEND and RDEPEND?
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 16:07:52
Message-Id: 200407041208.14058.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Difference between PDEPEND and RDEPEND? by Alexander Holler
1 On Sunday 04 July 2004 11:52 am, Alexander Holler wrote:
2 > When the actual portage handles RDEPEND like DEPEND, I understand why
3 > PDEPEND was included. But I think this doesn't make sense.
4
5 there are valid uses for PDEPEND
6
7 for example, gaim and gaim-encryption ...
8 gaim:PDEPEND="ssl? ( gaim-encryption )"
9 gaim-encryption:DEPEND="gaim"
10
11 people want encryption and they want gaim, but they may know nothing about
12 gaim-encryption ;)
13 -mike
14
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Difference between PDEPEND and RDEPEND? Alexander Holler <holler@××××××××××.de>