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On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:48:14 +0100 |
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Toby Dickenson <tdickenson@×××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Suppose an ebuild is marked as being dependant on file. If a user |
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> doesnt have that file, how is he supposed to know which package to |
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> emerge to create it? I dont think he has enough information to work |
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> that out for himself. |
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> Does the ebuild know which packages can create that file? if so, why |
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> not just create a dependency on that package? |
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That is a better idea, but this needent be in portage itself, nor in the |
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packages, but should be made part of lintool or repoman to check the |
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packages integrity and dependency-trees. |
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But.. this malworks with USE flags for automatical deps.. ever stop to |
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consider how it would be in such cases? ;) |
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//Spider |
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See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. |
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