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On Thu, 17 May 2007 18:03:21 +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote: |
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> > If A depends on B and B depends on A, you build A without support |
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> > for B, then you can safely install B and A again with the features |
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> > you wanted. |
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> Great idea. Lots of redundant compiles and manual work just because |
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> unclean dependencies. |
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Lots? This new install has over 1000 packages on it, there was exactly |
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one circular depends, brought about by my changing USE flags too much. It |
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took around a minute to fix. If you are really that limited for CPU |
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cycles that this is a problem, I suggest you should not be using a source |
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based distro. |
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> Let's see if we get the driver API moved out to its own package, |
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> so we it'll be some bit clearer (could also make licensing issues |
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> some bit easier), but that's another story. |
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Yes, and one for the XOrg list, since Gentoo's policy is to stay as lose |
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to upstream as is feasible. |
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> It *P*DEPENDs on them. That's an (strange) kind of special dependency |
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> which is pulled in *after* install, instead of *before*. But still |
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> it is an dependency. |
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> So, Xserver dependens on driver(s), drivers depend on Xserver. |
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> Circular dependency. |
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no ot doesn't, it PDEPENDS on them, thereby removing any circular |
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dependency. |
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> q.e.d. |
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Quite Erroneous Debate? |
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> > Jakub is no longer a bug-wrangler, or a dev, he retired last month. |
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> Ah, good things still happen ? ;P |
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Jakub was very good at his job, but he does have an attitude problem. |
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Are you trying to emulate him, you are already halfway there? |
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Neil Bothwick |
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If at first you do succeed, try to hide your astonishment. |
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