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On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 16:05:24 +0100 twofourtysix <twofourtysix@×××××.com> |
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| However, a recently overheard conversation on IRC suggests that this |
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| is incorrect. Would someone with slightly less intolerance for |
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| clueless newbies be kind enough to explain why exactly this is wrong, |
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| and how to handle things correctly? |
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The example you gave will break if the following are all true: |
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* You have USE="sdl svga" |
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* You have media-libs/svgalib installed |
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* You do not have media-libs/libsdl installed |
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The dependencies will be resolved because of svgalib, but you will not |
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have libsdl installed. Since use sdl will be true, your first condition |
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block will be used, which will presumably do something undesirable... |
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This has absolutely nothing to do with binary packages. Those are a |
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whole different kettle of fish... |
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<preemptive strike against the usual stupidity> The situation will not |
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be solved by USE ranking, nor is a big fat die in pkg_setup the way to |
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go, nor is binary dep tracking a fix. Anyone proposing any of those as |
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solutions has missed the point and is probably just trying to twist this |
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into their favourite soapbox topic. </> |
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And yes, most of the examples in the tree are broken. This should not |
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surprise you. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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