On Saturday 29 April 2006 10:12, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Saturday 29 April 2006 03:08, Alin Nastac wrote:
> > Carsten Lohrke wrote:
> > >RDEPEND="cvs? ( dev-util/cvs )
> > >   svn? ( dev-util/subversion )
> > >   !cvs? ( ! svn? ( dev-util/cvs ) )"
> >
> > Huh? How about:
> > RDEPEND="|| ( dev-util/cvs dev-util/subversion )"
> >
> > IMO, your example is a USE flag abuse.
>
> not really ... if the package were to link against either cvs or svn rather
> than just run the binaries, the || () would be incorrect ... the || () for
> sure doesnt allow for user control on a system where neither cvs nor svn is
> already installed

These runtime deps are probably not even needed at compile time. This means 
there is not really a good answer (even not depending could work).

Paul

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