Re: [gentoo-user] problem emerging kde-meta

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

On Thursday 01 March 2007, Bo Ørsted Andresen <bo.andresen@××××.dk> wrote 
about 'Re: [gentoo-user] problem emerging kde-meta':
> On Thursday 01 March 2007 22:54:43 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > Your problem is that you are trying to mix them.  That is difficult or
> > impossible and is AFAIK not supported.
>
> Quoting [1]: "Split and monolithic ebuilds can be mixed freely. The only
> restriction is that a monolithic ebuild can't be installed at the same
> time as a split ebuild deriving from it. There are blocking dependencies
> in the ebuilds that enforce this, so you can do anything emerge allows
> you to do."

Sweet.  I didn't know the Gentoo devs were that cool.  The restriction is 
only logical.

> I'm in favour of removing the monolithic
> ebuilds too though. They seem to cause more confusion than they are
> worth. :)

Agreed.  It's always possible for ebuild developers to depend on the -meta 
package until they can determine what individual libraries/apps/etc. they 
need from it.  Unfortunately, until we get a good confcache-style program, 
emerging the -meta ebuild does take a bit longer than emerging the 
monolithic version.  (Yes, I konw, this time is saved later on when you 
don't have to compile everything again for a later release.)

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