Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild dependencies and the --tree switch
Daniel Rolls wrote: Can anybody explain or refer to an explanation of how dependencies work in Gentoo? Well, when you use the -p flag it says: These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order: I interpret that as being package A needs B so B will be installed BEFORE A. Are you following me here? With that being said, if B needs deps too then depB will be installed before B AND before A. SO...if x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme is at the root of a tree it has to be the first dep needed by a dep of kde (or directly by kde) which portage has so graciously figured out for you. Or I could tell you that you just need to read the tree output from the bottom up to figure it out ;) I encourage you to try emerge -pve xorg-x11 with and without the --tree flag and perhaps it will make more sense. Hope that helps, Jeremy -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] ebuild dependencies and the --tree switch
Hi, I'm trying to understand how ebuild dependencies work in gentoo. If I type: emerge -vpu --deep --tree kde-base/kdebase I see the package x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme-2.12.1 at one of the roots of the tree. The kdebase version is 3.5.1-r3. Firstly how can anything other than kde-base/kdebase be at the root of the tree? Surely with this command everything installed or upgraded must either directly or indirectly depend on kde-base/kdebase? Assuming that x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme must be a direct dependent of kde-base/kdebase I still cannot see any references to gnome-icon-theme in /usr/portage/kde-base/kdebase/kdebase-3.5.1-r3.ebuild. I have tried adding the -e switch to emerge but x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme still appears at a root of the tree? Can anybody explain or refer to an explanation of how dependencies work in Gentoo? Dan ___ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
