This thread keeps going and going and it's a subject thats already been covered... So I'll just Re you here. Search the archives here for RRDEPEND, LDEPEND
As soon as I can figure out a way in python to do fast lookups of libs it will be integrated. I can do it really really fast in c but I don't think everybody here is keen on installing the portage-utils. -peace On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 12:13 -0300, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote: > Hello, > > There is any provision for binary dependency on Gentoo/Portage? The > way it works now is quite messy with things like revdep-rebuild. > > I have an idea to "solve" this problem: after software is build, you > check which files it links (ldd binaries libraries) and check the used > against installed packages. If a library is not provided by an > installed package we could have a policy to inform user or just abort > installation. > > Also, if we implement these dependencies in rpm-generator, we could > just generate RPM packages and install it in the RPM-DB and let it > handle these kind of things. > > With these in place emerge would handle the build stage (where it > excels), but rpm would handle the binary installation and dependencies > (where it excels). > > -- > Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > -------------------------------------- > Mobile: +55 (81) 9927 0010 > Phone: +1 (347) 624 6296; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ#: 17249123 > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > GPG: 0xB640E1A2 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net > -- solar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gentoo Linux -- [email protected] mailing list
