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Hi, |
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In order to solve bug #503802 [1], I would like to add a |
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virtual/podofo-build package to pull in app-text/podofo and |
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dev-libs/boost. Then packages like app-text/calibre can put |
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virtual/podofo-build in DEPEND and app-text/podofo in RDEPEND. The |
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advantage of this approach is that it makes it possible to use a command |
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like `emerge --depclean --with-bdeps=n` to remove the build-time only |
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boost package (and virtual/podofo-build), since boost is only needed for |
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build-time headers. There may be some other possible ways to specify the |
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dependency, but this approach is the most attractive one that I've seen. |
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In fact, this approach is basically identical to the "Virtual for C++ |
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tr1 <type_traits>" example that's given in the dev-manual [2]. |
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Would anyone like to suggest improvements to this idea, alternatives, or |
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raise any objections? |
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[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503802 |
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[2] http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/virtuals/ |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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