On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:43:08 -0700 Chris Gianelloni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would agree that RDEPEND should likely be installed prior to > pkg_preinst to satisfy the dependency. After all, PDEPEND is "good > enough" for doing packages that aren't required at > pkg_preinst/pkg_postinst.
It's likely to, but not guaranteed to be. > We definitely don't want to install DEPEND at the pkg_* stages, so I'd > say the requirement there, if you're asking, is prior to src_*, if > that matters. If the alternatives are not being able to install from a binary at all due to circular dependencies, or being able to install from a binary using DEPEND to satisfy circular dependencies, which would you take? > I'd love to have some kind of functionality to allow some kind of > "optional" dependencies. The only real way that I could see this > working is if we tracked what was installed as an optional dependency, > and not reinstall it if it has been removed the next time the > depending package is merged. Sort of like what kdebuild has for suggested dependencies, but less strong? -- Ciaran McCreesh
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