Re: [gentoo-dev] ML changes
Hi, As a non-dev who recently joined this list, I think it would be too bad for me if you made those policy changes. Basically, I neither have the skills nor the time (yet) to even try to become a dev but I truly enjoy contributing once in a while especially for packages I use at work. Since I'm not yet in a position of wanting to become a dev, I don't use IRC. Also, I find e-mails a lot more convenient when time is a limiting factor. The fact is that I joined this list with the intention of asking whether someone can help me out with a couple of reports I posted in bugs.gentoo.org such as http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182544 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174588 I already contacted jokey (Markus) several months ago via e-mail and we agreed that he would have setup proxy maintenance for the shorewall ebuilds so that I could contribute patches and learn from his suggestions. We never got to do anything because we simply stopped e-mailing. So basically, I'd like to take advantage of this list before I get excluded and ask anyone if it's possible for a plain user like me to make occasional package-specific contributions in the form of proxy maintenance or the likes. I also feel that an open dev mailing list can be useful for contributing users to learn from experienced devs a few things that aren't always obvious (eg. a recent post titled cyclic dependencies). If you think I should direct my queries to another list then please let me know. Markus, if you have a chance to read this then I'd be glad to resume our e-mail interchange, if you're still willing to. If you're overloaded with work then maybe someone else could help out? Thank you all for making Gentoo what it is. And sorry for the long post. Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545433 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: cyclic dependency
--- Christian Faulhammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is a PDEPEND possible? I followed your suggestion and posted a couple of ebuilds for the upcoming Shorewall 4 package: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174588 I am not seeing cyclic dependency issues anymore. Thanks for any suggestions. Vieri Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-dev] cyclic dependency
Hi. How can one avoid cyclic dependencies in custom ebuilds? eg. soft1.ebuild DEPENDs on soft2 but soft2.ebuild also DEPENDs on soft1 (both packages are required; none of the two works alone so it wouldn't make sense to install just one) Is there a function that can be used to check whether a certain package+version has already been emerged? Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: cyclic dependency
--- Christian Faulhammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vieri Di Paola [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is there a function that can be used to check whether a certain package+version has already been emerged? has_version, but in what way do they depend on each other? Is a PDEPEND possible? I'm not an experienced ebuild scripter. I only knew of RDEPEND and DEPEND. Now I'm reading this on PDEPEND: http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/dependencies/index.html The two software packages depend at run-time. I'll try PDEPEND. Thank you. Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: cyclic dependency
--- Marijn Schouten (hkBst) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vieri Di Paola wrote: The two software packages depend at run-time. then they can simply RDEPEND on eachother. The package manager should do the right thing. No, it reports a cyclic dependency. Questions like this one are best asked in #gentoo-dev-help IRC channel, I currently don't have an IRC client and am not really used to using them, especially without X. Anyway, I guess I'll end up connecting some day. Thanks for your time. Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
