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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Question about PDEPEND
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:30:18
Message-Id: 4B1EA980.4080800@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-portage-dev] Question about PDEPEND by Pacho Ramos
1 Pacho Ramos wrote:
2 > but he told me that PDEPEND is really the same as RDEPEND with cycle
3 > breaking.
4
5 This is good description. It's handled the same as RDEPEND except
6 when it can't due to circular dependencies. That means that it's
7 installed before, just like RDEPEND, except when resolution of
8 circular dependencies requires it to be installed after.
9 --
10 Thanks,
11 Zac

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Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Question about PDEPEND Pacho Ramos <pacho@××××××××××××××××××××××××.es>
[gentoo-portage-dev] Re: Question about PDEPEND Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>