From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j47Jwrhg008903 for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 19:58:53 GMT Received: from [62.254.189.226] (helo=snowdrop) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1DUVS1-0003T6-BY for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 19:59:01 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop) by snowdrop with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUVVp-00079t-SG for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 21:02:58 +0100 Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 21:02:53 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] new glep draft: Portage as a secondary package manager Message-ID: <20050507210253.4cdb0bd5@snowdrop> In-Reply-To: <200505080047.08922.jstubbs@gentoo.org> References: <42761B77.4030206@salomon.at> <20050507070817.GA12172@exodus.wit.org> <20050507154950.1ccd0596@snowdrop> <200505080047.08922.jstubbs@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-Message-Flag: It's a feature, not a bug Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Signature_Sat__7_May_2005_21_02_53_+0100_8rkBAsTxtEmYXgRw; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 X-Archives-Salt: 5ff0aeee-187e-4ca2-bc9f-f69e940cc84f X-Archives-Hash: 5b6a589c6059894443449aa4a1d608d9 --Signature_Sat__7_May_2005_21_02_53_+0100_8rkBAsTxtEmYXgRw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 8 May 2005 00:47:05 +0900 Jason Stubbs wrote: | I was planning to summarize home install support here, but your | statement above has confused me a little. Is there any case where a | package *must* have a dependency installed globally? If so, I can't | see it. I'm kinda inclined to say that there will be situations in which packages must have a dependency installed in either / or prefix, *not* homedir. But then, I can't think of a situation where all of the following would be true: * A package requires a (/ or prefix) install of a dep * The dep in question is capable of being installed into homedir So I think your list is good. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Signature_Sat__7_May_2005_21_02_53_+0100_8rkBAsTxtEmYXgRw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCfR7w96zL6DUtXhERAvnKAJwIni1HjUrg14qKCXC+hq2pyh2ycgCff++R ttDeWxbKMEHgCJiWiNOMu4M= =ufeY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Sat__7_May_2005_21_02_53_+0100_8rkBAsTxtEmYXgRw-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list