On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:45:13 +0100 "Steven J. Long" <sl...@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 02, 2012 at 06:56:14PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > A := only makes sense for a dependency that is present both at build > > time and at runtime. Currently, the only place you should be seeing > > a := is on a spec that is listed in both DEPEND and RDEPEND. > > > > Conceptually, the := applies to "the spec that is in both DEPEND and > > RDEPEND". But with the current syntax, there's no such thing as "the > > spec that is in both". There are two specs, which happen to be > > identical as strings, one in DEPEND and one in RDEPEND, and there's > > no way for the two to be associated. > > > Now that *is* dishonestly ignorant: you know full well that LDEPEND > [1] covers exactly that case.
Everyone else knows full well that LDEPEND is such a badly broken idea that it's not worth discussing... -- Ciaran McCreesh
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