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On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 11:02:27PM -0700, Drake Wyrm wrote: |
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> Thomas Cort <tcort@g.o> wrote: |
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> > What is the proper quoting style for using epatch? In the tree there |
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> > are about 3 different styles... |
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> <snip> |
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> > What is the proper quoting style for defining the S variable? In the |
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> > tree there are about 3 different styles... |
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> It might be prudent to quote the variables, in case somebody, for |
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> whatever reason, has strange characters in assorted paths. |
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> > What is the purpose of setting DEPEND and RDEPEND to "" if DEPEND and |
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> > RDEPEND are optional[1][2]? Isn't that just a waste of disk space / |
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> > bandwidth? DEPEND="virtual/libc" seems like a waste too as it is an |
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> > implicit system dependency[3], any reason for using it? |
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> > |
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> > DEPEND="" # used by 1479 ebuilds |
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> > RDEPEND="" # used by 884 ebuilds |
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> These two are probably not necessary, but some devs might prefer to use |
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> them in their ebuilds for the sake of explicitly stating the implied. |
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> > DEPEND="virtual/libc" # used by 809 ebuilds |
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> There are opinions on both sides of this subject, but I think that most |
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> devs are starting to see the value in this. If a package requires some |
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> other package, say so. It may be a bit more work (twelve keystrokes), |
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> but it's worth the extra effort (twelve keystrokes) to be complete. |
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If I have a package that produces a dynamic (non-static) binary, and it |
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has no other deps, then I throw in virtual/libc. |
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If it produces a static binary only, or no binary, then it gets "". |
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What I would like to see at some point, is a real way of differencing |
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packages that really have no runtime dependencies - not even anything in |
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the system packages. As to what the best way to go about it, I'm not |
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certain, but I do think specifying a few packages: virtual/compiler, |
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virtual/libc and a few limited things from system packages should be ok. |
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Or maybe even virtual/system (with the compiler removed from that |
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virtual). |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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