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From: Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Implicit system dependency
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:31:09
Message-Id: 545A5ED0.9070801@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Implicit system dependency by Michael Orlitzky
1 On 05/11/14 02:16, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
2 > When I was taking my ebuild quizzes, I asked for someone to clarify the
3 > implicit system dependency that we have enshrined in the devmanual:
4 >
5 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485356
6 >
7 > There is... some agreement, but also special cases and special-special
8 > cases that are folklore-only at this point. To me it seems like a fine
9 > thing to ask the council to sort out, so I'm asking here for discussion.
10 >
11 > Can we come up with an idiot-proof list (or FLOWCHART, even!) of what
12 > should and should not be excluded from *DEPEND?
13 >
14
15 Assume a C runtime and a C compiler do exist.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Implicit system dependency Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>