On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 11:02:27PM -0700, Drake Wyrm wrote: > Thomas Cort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is the proper quoting style for using epatch? In the tree there > > are about 3 different styles... > <snip> > > What is the proper quoting style for defining the S variable? In the > > tree there are about 3 different styles... > It might be prudent to quote the variables, in case somebody, for > whatever reason, has strange characters in assorted paths. > > > What is the purpose of setting DEPEND and RDEPEND to "" if DEPEND and > > RDEPEND are optional[1][2]? Isn't that just a waste of disk space / > > bandwidth? DEPEND="virtual/libc" seems like a waste too as it is an > > implicit system dependency[3], any reason for using it? > > > > DEPEND="" # used by 1479 ebuilds > > RDEPEND="" # used by 884 ebuilds > These two are probably not necessary, but some devs might prefer to use > them in their ebuilds for the sake of explicitly stating the implied. > > > DEPEND="virtual/libc" # used by 809 ebuilds > There are opinions on both sides of this subject, but I think that most > devs are starting to see the value in this. If a package requires some > other package, say so. It may be a bit more work (twelve keystrokes), > but it's worth the extra effort (twelve keystrokes) to be complete. If I have a package that produces a dynamic (non-static) binary, and it has no other deps, then I throw in virtual/libc.
If it produces a static binary only, or no binary, then it gets "". What I would like to see at some point, is a real way of differencing packages that really have no runtime dependencies - not even anything in the system packages. As to what the best way to go about it, I'm not certain, but I do think specifying a few packages: virtual/compiler, virtual/libc and a few limited things from system packages should be ok. Or maybe even virtual/system (with the compiler removed from that virtual). -- Robin Hugh Johnson E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85
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