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On Sun, 2008-12-21 at 06:34 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> > [...] |
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> > The reason is that KDE4 is a new product and has nothing to do with KDE3 |
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> > other than the name. And another reason is the problem I'm describing |
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> > in this very thread which should have not been a problem if KDE4 had its |
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> > own tree. Now I'm required to have non-straightforward voodoo performed |
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> > to get things right just because the devs made a wrong decision. |
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That's what SLOTS are fore. KDE4 is in it's own slot and can be |
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installed instead of/in addition to KDE 3.5. Putting a package in a |
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different SLOT is effectively putting it i it's own tree. |
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$ emerge -p kde-base/kde-meta:3.5 |
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[...] |
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[ebuild N ] kde-base/kdepim-wizards-3.5.10 USE="-debug" |
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[ebuild N ] kde-base/karm-3.5.10 USE="-debug" |
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[ebuild N ] kde-base/kontact-specialdates-3.5.10 USE="-debug" |
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[ebuild N ] kde-base/kdepim-meta-3.5.10 USE="-pda" |
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[ebuild N ] kde-base/kde-meta-3.5.10 USE="nls -accessibility" |
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$ emerge -p kde-base/kde-meta:4.1 |
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[...] |
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[ebuild N ] kde-base/krunner-4.1.3 USE="opengl -debug -kdeprefix |
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-xcomposite -xscreensaver" |
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[ebuild N ] kde-base/kdepim-meta-4.1.3 |
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[ebuild N ] kde-base/kdebase-startkde-4.1.3 USE="-kdeprefix" |
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[ebuild N ] kde-base/kdebase-meta-4.1.3 |
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[ebuild N ] kde-base/kde-meta-4.1.3 USE="-accessibility" |
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What kind of voodoo is that? |
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In the past, Gentoo devs have spend a lot of time and effort moving |
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split package trees under one tree (e.g. PHP). I don't see them going |
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backwards any time soon. |
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> Another problem, this time not technical. I just don't want many of |
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> those packages in my world file. I want to use depclean and have those |
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> packages removed when the package that depends on them is also removed. |
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> The depclean feature just got useless for those packages. |
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By definition, --depclean doesn't remove anything in the world file (or |
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its dependencies). If you want something removed don't put it in the |
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world file (or put something that depends on it in your world file). |
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*You* are the controller of your world file. Nothing gets put there |
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without your specifying so. |
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Anyone still thinks it was a good idea to have KDE4 use the same tree |
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> with KDE3? This is was clearly a wrong decision. |
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> Workarounds are welcome. |
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I don't think you need a work-around, just to understand how portage |
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works. A (re-)read of the man pages should help. |
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