From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IDhn2-0004iK-64 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:24:36 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6PEMnBI030040; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:22:49 GMT Received: from nameserver1.mcve.com (nameserver1.mcve.com [216.155.111.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6PEI7P9022169 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:18:07 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.55] (shop.monetra.com [216.155.111.10]) by nameserver1.mcve.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 552C61148394 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:18:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <46A75B9E.50003@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:18:06 -0400 From: Doug Goldstein User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070723) 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New PDEPEND behaviour. References: <200707251408.41171.peper@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <200707251408.41171.peper@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id l6PEMnDD030040 X-Archives-Salt: d7cbadee-8f6c-4aba-a580-50ebe24808d8 X-Archives-Hash: 11c67d4270db8e3be3851c24978f5d4c Piotr Jaroszy=C5=84ski wrote: > Hello, > > As a result of bug #180045 PDEPENDs can be now merged even before the p= ackage=20 > that pulls them. Zmedico says that's intended behaviour and PDEPEND is = really=20 > a RDEPEND, but with a ability to resolve circular deps: > circular DEPEND <-> RDEPEND can't be resolved while circular DEPEND <->= =20 > PDEPEND can. > Random behaviour occurs when there is a circular RDEPEND <-> PDEPEND, e= .g. bug=20 > #186517. > > We need to update docs or harass zmedico to force PDEPEND to be pulled = as soon=20 > as possible but not before the pkg that pulls it. > > =20 Actually in a follow up... I've read the bugs you've referenced and it just sounds like a bug in=20 the Paludis ebuilds not having the proper depends. This e-mail was just some fear mongering on behalf of Paludis devs. --=20 gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list