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 92E471388BF for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2016 21:59:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 71C6421C020; Wed, 6 Jan 2016 21:59:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from tsukuyomi.43-1.org (tsukuyomi.43-1.org [188.40.248.50]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C63921C010 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2016 21:59:18 +0000 (UTC) From: Matthias Maier To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE=desktop-file request In-Reply-To: (Rich Freeman's message of "Wed, 6 Jan 2016 16:29:58 -0500") References: <20160106162338.1e75682e@localhost> <568D6423.4040405@gentoo.org> <20160106194808.241d549d@localhost> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:59:13 +0100 Message-ID: <87vb76mksu.fsf@jackdaw.kyomu.43-1.org> 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: text/plain X-Archives-Salt: bad46dde-0a3e-40f2-9ca4-2b7f278f0a0e X-Archives-Hash: 98713cf34d1ba61295fd01eb56b78b60 > I'd have to check but I suspect that portage hangs onto build-time > dependencies by default, probably so that you're not uninstalling them > and reinstalling them anytime you do anything. Strictly speaking, > however, it would be safe to depclean anything that is only a > build-time dependency (with the understanding that you're going to be > rebuilding it every time it is needed). This behavior is controlled by the --with-bdeps= option. Best, Matthias