Re: [gentoo-dev] crossdev: installing _host_ build dependencies not automatic?

On 03/05/2017 17:56, Alexis Ballier wrote:
> From man emerge:
>
>        --root-deps[=rdeps]
>               If  no argument is given then build-time dependencies of
>        packages for ROOT are installed to ROOT instead of /.  If the
>        rdeps argument is given then discard all build-time dependencies
>        of packages for ROOT.  This option is only meaningful when used
>        together with ROOT and it should not be enabled under normal
>        circumstances!

Ah, I didn't know about that. Thanks!

>               Does not affect EAPIs that support HDEPEND.  Experimental
>               EAPI 5-hdepend provides HDEPEND as a new means to adjust
>               installation into "/" and ROOT.  If ebuilds using EAPIs
>               which do not support HDEPEND are built  in  the same
>               emerge run as those using EAPIs which do support HDEPEND,
>               this option affects only the former.

Curious - what's the status of HDEPEND for the main tree?

Paweł