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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: don't rely on dynamic deps
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 16:15:01
Message-Id: 20140726171448.6bf23aed@googlemail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: don't rely on dynamic deps by Martin Vaeth
1 On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 16:05:58 +0000 (UTC)
2 Martin Vaeth <martin@×××××.de> wrote:
3 > Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
4 > > Your solution fails spectacularly in the following ways:
5 > >
6 > > * Ebuild removal
7 >
8 > Already discussed as to fail with static deps, too.
9
10 Uh, static dependencies don't behave any differently when an ebuild is
11 removed. I don't think you understand how that works.
12
13 > > * Overlays
14 >
15 > Not an issue: Exactly the information of that ebuild
16 > which *would* be used if you reemerge contains
17 > the relevant data.
18
19 The association between an installed package and "the ebuild it came
20 from" doesn't work correctly when overlays around. Again, you don't
21 understand the issue.
22
23 > > * Introduction of :=3D dependencies
24 >
25 > This is not a "minor update" in dependencies
26 > and thus requires a revbump.
27
28 So what is a "minor update", and what are you planning to do to prevent
29 what you call "useless rebuilds" when := dependencies are introduced?
30
31 > > * pkg_*rm
32 >
33 > Not related.
34
35 Yes it is. Read and understand the previous discussion about the
36 ruby-config issue.
37
38 --
39 Ciaran McCreesh

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: don't rely on dynamic deps Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
[gentoo-dev] Re: don't rely on dynamic deps Martin Vaeth <martin@×××××.de>