Re: [gentoo-dev] Dependencies that're available at pkg_*inst

[Donnie Berkholz]

On 05:31 Sat 19 Apr     , Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> I'm rewording the PMS sections on dependencies to avoid permitting
> overly lax circular dependency resolution. Which of these wordings is
> accurate, given that usable means "has its RDEPENDs installed and
> usable"?
>
> 1. During pkg_preinst and pkg_postinst, any package dependency that is
> in both DEPEND and RDEPEND must be installed and usable.
>
> 2. During pkg_preinst and pkg_postinst, at least one of the following
> conditions must be met:
>   a. every package dependency in DEPEND must be installed and usable
>   b. every package dependency in RDEPEND must be installed and usable

I'd go with RDEPEND only. Any other interpretation results in installing 
build-time-only packages along with a binpkg, which doesn't seem to make 
sense.

Thanks,
Donnie
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