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On Saturday 17 June 2006 02:02, Drake Wyrm wrote: |
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> Thomas Cort <tcort@g.o> wrote: |
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> > DEPEND="virtual/libc" # used by 809 ebuilds |
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> There are opinions on both sides of this subject, but I think that most |
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> devs are starting to see the value in this. If a package requires some |
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> other package, say so. It may be a bit more work (twelve keystrokes), |
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> but it's worth the extra effort (twelve keystrokes) to be complete. |
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virtual/libc has no value in DEPEND/RDEPEND |
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you cannot have a system without a system libc (well you can, but this *very |
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edge* case doesnt matter in the portage world) |
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-mike |
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