Re: [gentoo-dev] Dependencies on system packages

2006-12-09 Thread Stephen Bennett
On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:22:52 +0100 Piotr Jaroszyński <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's seems to be needed sometimes b/c it does change the order of > generated deplist(emerge -e world). AFAIK some packages dep on zlib > b/c of that. If you don't know about the unwritten yet near universal excepti

Re: [gentoo-dev] Dependencies on system packages

2006-12-09 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:22:52 +0100 Piotr Jaroszyński <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > And, on a more general note, don't bother depending on a package | > listed in base/packages. It's pointless and just create more noise. | | It's seems to be needed sometimes b/c it does change the order of | gener

Re: [gentoo-dev] Dependencies on system packages

2006-12-09 Thread Piotr Jaroszyński
> And, on a more general note, don't bother depending on a package listed > in base/packages. It's pointless and just create more noise. It's seems to be needed sometimes b/c it does change the order of generated deplist(emerge -e world). AFAIK some packages dep on zlib b/c of that. -- Best Reg

[gentoo-dev] Dependencies on system packages

2006-12-09 Thread Stephen Bennett
And, on a more general note, don't bother depending on a package listed in base/packages. It's pointless and just create more noise. On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:11:17 + Stephen Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are a lot of packages in the tree which DEPEND on some version > of sys-apps/

[gentoo-dev] Dependencies on sys-apps/portage

2006-12-09 Thread Stephen Bennett
There are a lot of packages in the tree which DEPEND on some version of sys-apps/portage, mostly for historical reasons. Try to avoid doing this in your packages where possible -- if it's a genuine dependency then obviously it should be there, but if the dep is only in the ebuild to avoid hitting a

[gentoo-dev] Re: adopt an orphan

2006-12-09 Thread Hans de Graaff
On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 11:39:28 -0600, Ryan Hill wrote: > media-gfx/pngtoico I'm using this on a regular basis at work, so I'd be happy to pick it up. There's even a new version out, so expect a version bump shortly. Hans -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-dev] Re: adopt an orphan

2006-12-09 Thread Ryan Hill
Donnie Berkholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ryan Hill wrote: > > I don't know what to do with unstaffed herds (eg. app-benchmarks). > > I guess it'd be better to get the packages into the herd rather > > than just leave them in maintainer-needed. > > I disagree, being in a herd gives people the

Re: [gentoo-dev] adopt an orphan

2006-12-09 Thread Donnie Berkholz
Ryan Hill wrote: I don't know what to do with unstaffed herds (eg. app-benchmarks). I guess it'd be better to get the packages into the herd rather than just leave them in maintainer-needed. I disagree, being in a herd gives people the impression that it's maintained. Thanks, Donnie -- gent

Re: [gentoo-dev] [Attention] app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.1-r1 - Drop-in replacement to gnupg-1.4

2006-12-09 Thread Rémi Cardona
Alon Bar-Lev wrote: Hello, Until now gnupg-1.9/gnupg-2 serieses were installed side-by-site with gnupg-1.4 series, and actually was depended on the old version. Starting from gnupg-2.0.1-r1 (masked) app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.1-r1 is configured to be a drop-in replacement. It lacks the static use fla

[gentoo-dev] adopt an orphan

2006-12-09 Thread Ryan Hill
I went through the list of packages currently in maintainer-needed status and matched them up with possible homes. If your team is interested in picking them up, feel free or just let me know and I'll take care of it for you. I don't know what to do with unstaffed herds (eg. app-benchmarks). I g

[gentoo-dev] [Attention] app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.1-r1 - Drop-in replacement to gnupg-1.4

2006-12-09 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
Hello, Until now gnupg-1.9/gnupg-2 serieses were installed side-by-site with gnupg-1.4 series, and actually was depended on the old version. Starting from gnupg-2.0.1-r1 (masked) app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.1-r1 is configured to be a drop-in replacement. It lacks the static use flag, I could not find a

[gentoo-dev] Re: missing metadata.xml

2006-12-09 Thread Ryan Hill
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Faulhammer) wrote: > Donnie Berkholz schrieb: > > Christian Faulhammer wrote: > >> Nice idea, but you should really add no-herd as this > >> is required if there is only a "maintainer". > > Really? isn't valid? I'd rather see that than adding a > > "fake" herd. > >

[gentoo-dev] Re: last rites for app-antivirus/vlnx

2006-12-09 Thread Ryan Hill
Timothy Redaelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > can't fix rpath, application check its checksum Bug #? signature.asc Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-dev] last rites for app-antivirus/vlnx

2006-12-09 Thread Timothy Redaelli
can't fix rpath, application check its checksum -- Timothy `Drizzt` Redaelli - http://drizzt.bsdnet.eu/blog/ FreeSBIE Developer, Gentoo Developer, GUFI Staff There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson