On Sunday 11 January 2004 06:01, Spider wrote: > Well, I'd like to see proper use of DEPEND vs. RDEPEND instead. > rpm2targz is a DEPEND but not an RDEPEND, and having a portage that > automatically suggests "DEPEND" and not RDEPEND packages as "unneeded" > could be a good thing. > > Another idea is to have portage install all RDEPEND but not DEPEND > -after- the package, thereby locking down even more dependency bugs with > malcreated packages. > > Separating UDEPEND only to get DEPEND more finegrained isn't a good > thing though. I really don't see the need for an extra thing just to > unpack but not to compile.
I agree with Spider here, the only thing that I see as missing in the dependency scheme is a good way to specify optional runtime packages. (Packages that will be used if present, but that are not needed at compile time or installation time) Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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