From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, DMARC_MISSING,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from pat.uio.no ([129.240.130.16] ident=7411) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15JcDT-0005Ii-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Mon, 09 Jul 2001 08:40:51 -0600 Received: from nommo.uio.no ([129.240.222.179]) by pat.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #7) id 15JcCg-0007f8-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 16:40:02 +0200 Received: by nommo.uio.no ; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 16:40:02 +0200 To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] sawfish-0.38.ebuild References: <994280948.3b4385f49aa7d@www.cs.cf.ac.uk> <87ofqzu23l.fsf@codefactory.se> <3B47094F.E6A99A5F@gentoo.org> <87lmm0s56w.fsf@codefactory.se> <3B47A6A4.30651F97@gentoo.org> <3B48ADBF.7AC77EE7@gentoo.org> <20010708173019.E7526@cvs.gentoo.org> <3B49A62A.979F6D50@gentoo.org> X-URL: http://www.math.uio.no/~terjekv/ Organization: The friends of mr. Tux From: Terje Kvernes In-Reply-To: AGottinger@t-online.de's message of "Mon, 09 Jul 2001 14:40:10 +0200" Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon Jul 9 08:41:02 2001 X-Original-Date: 09 Jul 2001 16:40:02 +0200 X-Archives-Salt: 4690e7af-9a2b-4413-886c-ee5d418a0888 X-Archives-Hash: 36f22cc6217b30fd5ac7e1b88c2d42b4 AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) writes: > I don't think we need any other extra functionality in portage to > take care about the order of vars in USE. what you're basically saying is that it's up to the person making each build to make the choice of which lib to prioritize. personally, I find this rather icky, because it demands that the person installing the packages can't say "media(gdkpixbuf,imlib) and be sure that nothing ever needing just gdkpixbuf won't install imlib. the dependency is in the wrong place, it should be with the maintainer of the box, not the maintainer of the package. the person packing the stuff _might_ have a reason for wanting one thing, while another user might need something else. just think of a package that could select between using a kde or a gnome wrapping. the packagers personal choice isn't what I want. :-) -- Terje