[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Dependencies on system packages

[Steve Long <slong@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk>]

Alec Warner wrote:
>>> The tricky part then is figuring out whether something doesn't dep upon
>>> c-compiler because it doesn't need one or because the ebuilds haven't
>>> been updated.
>>>
>> I'm out of my depth here- I can't see where that would be a problem?
>> 
> 
> Er, his point being that if you don't do the upgrade all at once, you
> have two classes of package.
> 
> 1. Packages that don't require C-compiler
> 2. Packages that don't yet depend upon C-compiler
> 
> When doing the upgrade over a period of time the two classes of package
> become indistinguishable.  Does Foo not need a C compiler, or has it
> just not gotten updated yet, it's impossible to tell without looking, so
> it's very difficult for people to report 'problem packages' because they
> have to unpack and examine the package every time (at worst).
> 
I understand that there'd be two types of pkg in the tree; what I don't get
is why that is such a problem. Excuse my missing something obvious. What do
you mean by a `problem package' in this context?

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