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| From: | Amit Dor-Shifer <amitds@××××××.com> |
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| To: | gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o |
| Subject: | [gentoo-portage-dev] What is a "meta package"? |
| Date: | Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:36:15 |
| Message-Id: | 49B3C9CC.6060607@oversi.com |
| 1 | Hi. |
| 2 | i read in |
| 3 | http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=3 |
| 4 | <QUOTE> |
| 5 | Never depend on a meta-package. |
| 6 | So don't depend on gnome-base/gnome, always depend on the specific |
| 7 | libraries like libgnome. |
| 8 | <UNQUOTE> |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Where can I find a definition of this term? |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Is there some equery/qsearch invocation that returns a list of such |
| 13 | packages (installed or available)? |
| 14 | Is there some ebuild setting that marks a package as being a "meta" |
| 15 | package? Does gnome-base/gnome carry this setting? |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Thanks, |
| 18 | Amit |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] What is a "meta package"? | "Marijn Schouten (hkBst)" <hkBst@g.o> |
| Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] What is a "meta package"? | Douglas Anderson <dja@××××××.com> |