From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CD211391DB for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:49:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1CB46E0C81; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:49:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f173.google.com (mail-wi0-f173.google.com [209.85.212.173]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EFAE6E0C74 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:49:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f173.google.com with SMTP id f8so2275972wiw.0 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 05:49:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type; bh=cTxxm5FI0xKULjIlipJHxjnaxfCcRZq/73dIugqbZ2c=; b=h9lOstC84yLkMCYJba8zu+nMcVSd1OYD40b9N0vE1hIjWGIvJs/dfpr9xjnz3yar5V 3yztqo3WjJb0/wydWNsE315H6kuGlhNpVsIzeKg4WSY8KC1j/MOG7ysIdA1Z+Mxo4s2a l4yRzR01BJjC4e+PHlh8CQGZkyl/p1wgTwCufufve13pn6hWLDxZedaILTpKDf8SyzMi EadGqp7SkNtQcRjNaEsFQsqYDiuLuvukunGKALR4zApzYXMK0qw1efoKe7s64XcaRxCh W4ma44a+TcdXBKrpQF9VhHqunMopADjGrecCDX56TSUXMukYjeogpb+Zjizpgv5Ube14 paEw== X-Received: by 10.180.38.51 with SMTP id d19mr13423664wik.10.1406378953631; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 05:49:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpc2-broo7-2-0-cust637.14-2.cable.virginm.net. [86.11.186.126]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id lq15sm7272095wic.1.2014.07.26.05.49.13 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 26 Jul 2014 05:49:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 13:49:07 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: don't rely on dynamic deps Message-ID: <20140726134907.621d8892@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <53CD6BED.10603@gentoo.org> <201407212153.04605.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <20140721205527.142cb3d5@googlemail.com> <1405976767.1013.9.camel@gentoo.org> <53CE6CED.1060300@gentoo.org> <20140723004441.2e68c0b0@gentoo.org> <53D26D58.3000004@gentoo.org> <53D27343.6020009@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.24; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/auYePNYUkGIy6eHh2WxLUfc"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: aa5a8c52-a7f6-4f14-9241-8e32b1af3dcb X-Archives-Hash: fe3d27f7de5eae037e33db40cdf7db1d --Sig_/auYePNYUkGIy6eHh2WxLUfc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:41:16 +0000 (UTC) Martin Vaeth wrote: > hasufell wrote: > > Dynamics deps are already broken, not consistently enabled (e.g. > > when subslots are in use) >=20 > Just to make it clear: No, dynamic deps are not broken. Yes they are. > What is broken is that portage does not use them consistently. Because using them consistently is impossible by design. > It would be a rather bad idea to change policy just because of this > portage bug and force users to permanently do unnecessary > recompilations. At least, for me, it would mean that I have > to change distribution, since I cannot afford this. This is not a Portage bug. =20 > > optional and not defined in PMS. >=20 > Static deps are also optional and not defined in PMS. >=20 > In fact, PMS makes no claim *where* to read the DEP strings from; > it only specified how they are to be stored in the tree. Incorrect. > Quite the opposite, PMS claims that one cannot rely on > anything stored in /var/db Incorrect. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/auYePNYUkGIy6eHh2WxLUfc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlPTo8YACgkQ96zL6DUtXhHXuQCcDn9QY/CSh954tbxm0IRVu8Kb MwoAn1/Fn0LS/FNDM6lcIwhFe+DQDjPT =k6TP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/auYePNYUkGIy6eHh2WxLUfc--