On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Hans de Graaff <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2012-09-18 at 11:47 +0200, Michał Górny wrote: > >> Yes, and sometimes we're doing 'use test'. I simply don't see how >> adding a separate group of dependencies just for 'test' phase is going >> to help us. They fit just fine into build-time dependencies right now. > > It would enable us to consider making tests on some packages optional to > break circular dependencies with FEATURES=test, i.e. only run the tests > if the test dependencies can be installed without circular dependencies. > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=175808
Thought: That might also allow you to split an emerge into two separate jobs. I.e. "it's inconvenient, difficult or impossible to have test dependencies installed at build time, but we could circle back and run the tests in a test-only entry somewhere later in the job queue, if the package build setup can support it." -- :wq
