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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is --changed-deps going to be *that* useless?
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 20:30:55
Message-Id: 20180227203036.3c46b965@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is --changed-deps going to be *that* useless? by tuxic@posteo.de
1 On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:08:48 +0100, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
2
3 > > A combination of --changed-deps, --with-bdeps=y and --deep is bound to
4 > > result in plenty of unnecessary re-emerging.
5 >
6 > Hi Neil,
7 >
8 > .....and....what do you suggest instead?
9
10 --with-bdeps=n. Once a package is installed, it doesn't matter what
11 happens to its build deps. When that package is updated, the build deps
12 will be too if needed, but there's no need to update them several times
13 in the interim.
14
15
16 --
17 Neil Bothwick
18
19 The road to HAL is paved with good intentions.

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