Re: [gentoo-dev] Sys-Cleanup after build complete

[Vitaly Kushneriuk <vitaly_kushneriuk@yahoo.com>]

On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 16:25, Dave Lee wrote:
> 
> 
> Vitaly Kushneriuk wrote:
> > Your problem can be solved with sub-packaging. i.e. producing
> > more then one package from the same ebuild. like glibc and glibc-devel.
> > This feature is considered for the next generation of portage (after 1.0
> > is out).
> 
> Is there anybody else out there other than me who doesnt like this?
> my experience is with rpm based systems and I hate the proliferation of
> -devel packages and other subpackages. thats one thing I really like about 
> portage is that I dont have to deal with that, I install a package and it
> comes with everything.  I know there are advantages to having -devel and
> other subpackages like the rpm systems use, such as finer grained control
> of what is and isnt installed, but as a user and administrator I hate
> having extra packages installed as though they are different from the
> package itself.  most software compiled from source will install the devel
> files, and I think portage should too.  maybe a solution is to have a
> USE_DEVEL that is used similar to USE, and can be default set to "*" for
> everything.  another possibility is to have a --option to emerge so that
> emereg doesnt install devel files.  I am new to gentoo so forgive me if
> these ideas suck and I will just shutup in that case. 
There's no clear idea yet as to how the sub packaging will work.
But, in general, the Gentoo way is to provide user with the maximum
control that is practical, with reasonable defaults for those that
dont't care and want it to be simple. So in this case I guess, you'll be
able to chose if you want all that -devel stuff. Or may be not ;) We'll
see.

	/Vitaly