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Terje Kvernes wrote: |
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> AGottinger@××××××××.de (Achim Gottinger) writes: |
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> > I don't think we need any other extra functionality in portage to |
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> > take care about the order of vars in USE. |
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> what you're basically saying is that it's up to the person making |
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> each build to make the choice of which lib to prioritize. |
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> personally, I find this rather icky, because it demands that the |
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> person installing the packages can't say "media(gdkpixbuf,imlib) and |
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> be sure that nothing ever needing just gdkpixbuf won't install |
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> imlib. |
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> the dependency is in the wrong place, it should be with the |
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> maintainer of the box, not the maintainer of the package. the person |
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> packing the stuff _might_ have a reason for wanting one thing, while |
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> another user might need something else. |
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> just think of a package that could select between using a kde or a |
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> gnome wrapping. the packagers personal choice isn't what I want. :-) |
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Well gdkpixbuf depends on gnome-libs which depends on imlib. |
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achim~ |
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> Terje |
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