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On 11:03 Thu 13 May , Joel Martin wrote: |
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> > post depend ... provide a way to semi-handle circular dependencies and/or to |
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> > have portage update another package *after* the current package has been |
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> > updated. |
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> I have a question from a practical case. What about the case where |
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> a package should be re-merged afterwards, but only if it's already |
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> installed. |
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> For example, in the case of indeview, which is an export filter for |
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> openoffice, it modifies some openoffice data files. |
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> indeview doesn't require openoffice (because it also works for koffice), |
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> but if openoffice is installed, or re-installed, indeview needs to be |
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> re-installed also in order to update the data files. Is there a correct |
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> way to do this. I don't think PDEPEND is quite the right answer, because |
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> then everyone who installs openoffice will get indeview, which isn't the |
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> correct action. |
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> Joel Martin - kanaka |
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Hopefully this will be addressed later, but for now, i think what you are looking for is a post install message. |
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Regards, |
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Yi |
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