Quoting Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (from Fri, 3 Aug 2007
16:42:15 -0400):
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 09:44:56PM +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
On Friday, 3. August 2007, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 06:17:15PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> > Quoting Henrik Brix Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (from Thu, 2 Aug
> > 2007
> >
> > 16:17:10 +0200):
> >>> Feature:
> >>> - allow to only register explicit dependencies, disabled by default
> >>> (EXPLICIT_PACKAGE_DEPENDS=whatever_you_want)
> >>
> >> Can you elaborate a bit on this new EXPLICIT_PACKAGE_DEPENDS feature?
> >> Perhaps give a usage example or two? :)
> >
> > What about diffing the output of "make actual-package-depends" and "make
> > actual-package-depends -DEXPLICIT_PACKAGE_DEPENDS"?
> >
> > Simple Example:
> >
> > Port A depends upon B
> > Port B depends upon C
> >
> > Without the feature:
> > Port A registers dependencies to ports B and C
> >
> > With the feature:
> > Port A registers dependendcy to ports B
>
> Great, then it's just the feature I needed :) Thank you for the
> explanation.
Not sure this can work reliably enough to be usefule at present, at
least for
the specific scenario of avoiding unnecessary recompilations. I think there
are just too many ports with implicit dependencies, especially in the
KDE/GNOME domain.
That's a bug in those ports IMHO. And that's the reason why this
feature is not enabled by default.
Yes. I'm not even convinced this feature is a good idea.
"Not a good idea" as in "is not usable yet" or as in "it should never
be the goal to be usable"? If it is the former, I agree (see above).
If it is the later please elaborate (having correct dependency
information should always be a good idea, I think the benefits are
obvious, aren't they?).
Bye,
Alexander.
--
"Irrationality is the square root of all evil"
-- Douglas Hofstadter
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