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