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| From: | Matthias Maier <tamiko@g.o> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] USE=desktop-file request | ||
| Date: | Wed, 06 Jan 2016 21:59:27 | ||
| Message-Id: | 87vb76mksu.fsf@jackdaw.kyomu.43-1.org | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-dev] USE=desktop-file request by Rich Freeman |
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| 1 | > I'd have to check but I suspect that portage hangs onto build-time |
| 2 | > dependencies by default, probably so that you're not uninstalling them |
| 3 | > and reinstalling them anytime you do anything. Strictly speaking, |
| 4 | > however, it would be safe to depclean anything that is only a |
| 5 | > build-time dependency (with the understanding that you're going to be |
| 6 | > rebuilding it every time it is needed). |
| 7 | |
| 8 | This behavior is controlled by the --with-bdeps=<y|n> option. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Best, |
| 11 | Matthias |