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On Monday 26 December 2005 21:28, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:09:31 +0100 Carsten Lohrke <carlo@g.o> |
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> Well, any library that changes ABI should use a different SLOT for each |
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> revision. So SLOT depends should be able to replace the need for = and |
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> ~ and < and <= dependencies entirely. Which is a good thing, since |
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> those atoms make dependency resolution a general-case unsolvable |
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> problem. |
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Well, it shouldn't be unsolvable. Choosing can be done with the following |
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process: |
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- Get the list of packages with the requested name. |
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- Sort the list from the newest version, to the oldest. |
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- Iterate over the packages: |
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- Apply all restrictions on the package (including exclusions). If the |
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package satisfies all, test it's dependencies recursively. |
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- If all dependencies match, this package matches the dependency. Continue |
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with the next depend atom. |
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- If no match, iterate the next package. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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