-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Amit Dor-Shifer wrote: > Hi. > i read in > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=3 > <QUOTE> > Never depend on a meta-package. > So don't depend on gnome-base/gnome, always depend on the specific > libraries like libgnome. > <UNQUOTE> > > Where can I find a definition of this term? > > Is there some equery/qsearch invocation that returns a list of such > packages (installed or available)? > Is there some ebuild setting that marks a package as being a "meta" > package? Does gnome-base/gnome carry this setting? > > Thanks, > Amit >
Hi Amit, a meta-package is a package that depends on a group of other packages but doesn't contain any source of itself. Basically it's a shorthand for the entire group for installing from command line. Portage is getting explicit support for groups so I think we then no longer need metapackages. Marijn - -- Sarcasm puts the iron in irony, cynicism the steel. Marijn Schouten (hkBst), Gentoo Lisp project, Gentoo ML <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/>, #gentoo-{lisp,ml} on FreeNode -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmzy5IACgkQp/VmCx0OL2y1cwCeKLo/u6u6cNhimb6zFXPgW4FO zJwAn0UvF6OzakSuJmYH4P+Cxb75FOF4 =R05+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
