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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1H1Vv8-0008ON-AH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:46:18 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l01MjHtc001204; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 22:45:17 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l01MgPUZ009218 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 22:42:25 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2394A64660 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 22:42:25 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.159 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.159 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.060, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=1.5] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 3FRxhe0QT3ad for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 22:42:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF6D8649FE for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 22:42:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1H1Vr0-0005Wo-Tj for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Mon, 01 Jan 2007 23:42:02 +0100 Received: from 82.152.207.166 ([82.152.207.166]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 01 Jan 2007 23:42:02 +0100 Received: from slong by 82.152.207.166 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 01 Jan 2007 23:42:02 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Steve Long Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Dependencies on system packages Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:43:43 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20061210011117.36672693@blashyrk> <200612171510.57159.jstubbs@gentoo.org> <20061217070429.126d8364@snowdrop> <200612171641.40343.jstubbs@gentoo.org> <20061217074812.497d4e78@snowdrop> <20061218084846.77600f69@snowdrop> <20061220102054.150d5f5a@snowdrop> <459557DF.8090106@gentoo.org> <45991157.3060508@gentoo.org> 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.152.207.166 User-Agent: KNode/0.10.4 Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 0b45f36f-b1bd-4f2a-8c35-e5734f97f002 X-Archives-Hash: 40ee3a25b3bf229e3ca071676812a36a Robert Buchholz wrote: > A problem package would be one that does not need a C compiler. It can't > be distinguished from the one which was not yet changed to depend on C. > > The problem here is that one can not say when the whole tree is updated > to the new standard, because for the packages which were not touched, it > could mean that they needed no change or that they were not looked at yet. > I can understand that as a maintenance issue. My query is whether having two different types of pkg would effect users in any way. > A solution to distinguish the two categories is to mark the packages > which were "checked", so you know: > 1. If it's checked and doesn't depend on cc -> category 1 > 2. If it's not checked and doesn't depend on cc -> category 2 > > Then, when all packages are checked, the tree is upgraded. > Sure, that makes sense. It sounds a heckuva lot like a database ;) Minor point- how can you tell in cat 2 that it definitely does not need a C compiler if it hasn't been checked? I'm guessing you were tired :) In any event in terms of maintenance, we'd need a tri-state: unchecked, checked and needs compiling, checked and doesn't (eg scripts). In terms of maintaining the metadata, am I right in thinking it's all just kept within the text files in the tree? -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list