Re: [gobolinux-devel] Dependencies rework

2007-08-27 Thread Lucas C. Villa Real
On 8/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just to make it official, as we've already talked about this before: > > yes, this seems to be a sane approach to handle dependencies. > > BuildDependencies, however, should be left untouched, as it's a good > > source for hints when some

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Dependencies rework

2007-08-27 Thread hisham . hm
On 8/27/07, Lucas C. Villa Real <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/25/07, Jonas Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:43:44 +0200, Michael Homer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 8/25/07, Jonas Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Having submitted several binar

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Dependencies rework

2007-08-27 Thread Lucas C. Villa Real
On 8/25/07, Jonas Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:43:44 +0200, Michael Homer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 8/25/07, Jonas Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Having submitted several binary packages and had some chats on IRC with > >> users > >> trying to in

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Dependencies rework

2007-08-25 Thread Jonas Karlsson
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:43:44 +0200, Michael Homer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/25/07, Jonas Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Having submitted several binary packages and had some chats on IRC with users >> trying to install the same packages I came to the conclusion that we need to >> r

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Dependencies rework

2007-08-25 Thread MLA-Gobo
On Saturday 25 August 2007 04:53, Jonas Karlsson wrote: > Having submitted several binary packages and had some chats on IRC with > users trying to install the same packages I came to the conclusion that we > need to rework the dependency scheme a lot. Caveat: I'm way out of my league here, but

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Dependencies rework

2007-08-24 Thread Jonas Karlsson
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:43:44 +0200, Michael Homer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/25/07, Jonas Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Secondly I want a new dependency scheme for binary packages. Below is a draft >> I've been thinking about: >> For each needed library file a corresponding file is

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Dependencies rework

2007-08-24 Thread Michael Homer
On 8/25/07, Jonas Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having submitted several binary packages and had some chats on IRC with users > trying to install the same packages I came to the conclusion that we need to > rework the dependency scheme a lot. > > First I'd like to change dependencies to be

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Dependencies

2007-05-27 Thread Carlo Calica
On 5/27/07, Isaac Dupree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carlo Calica wrote: > > Testing the _version_ requirements is probably more difficult since > things can break in subtle ways with the wrong version, but at least it > could complain if the _build process_ ends in an error, with any > combinatio

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Dependencies

2007-05-27 Thread Isaac Dupree
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Carlo Calica wrote: > On 5/5/07, Isaac Dupree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Noticing: >> One important use of forcing an install attempt despite unmatched >> dependencies is to check if those are indeed (still) needed dependencies. >> > That's great fo

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Dependencies (was: USE flags & Xorg)

2007-05-26 Thread Lucas C. Villa Real
On 5/27/07, Carlo Calica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > P.S. Hoping to (finally) have a GoboLinux-running computer next month, > > rather than trying again to install a somewhat unfamiliar distribution > > from source on this old slow powerpc while busy with school :D . Then I > > should be able to

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Dependencies (was: USE flags & Xorg)

2007-05-26 Thread Carlo Calica
On 5/5/07, Isaac Dupree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Noticing: > One important use of forcing an install attempt despite unmatched > dependencies is to check if those are indeed (still) needed dependencies. > That's great for automaticed testing. Makes sure libraries are mininal enough. > Often

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Dependencies (was: USE flags & Xorg)

2007-05-05 Thread Isaac Dupree
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonas Karlsson wrote: >>> Dependency files are still a complication though, unless they're >>> changed into a shell-sourceable format. Ideally it would be compatible >>> with existing files though, so I guess that means using a comment. "# >>> :gtk" fo

Re: [gobolinux-devel] Dependencies on meta-recipes

2006-08-01 Thread Lucas C. Villa Real
On 7/31/06, André Detsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What is the best behaviour for Dependencies at meta-recipes? After thinking a little bit about it, I think the following items should be respected / assumed: - The meta-recipe must accumulate all dependencies for its 'childs'; - There is no nee