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  • From: Jaka Kranjc <smgl AT lynxlynx.info>
  • To: sm-commit AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Commit] GIT changes to master grimoire by Arjan Bouter (63d4188c17032e168901f4a32cccee9ef733635c)
  • Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:45:47 +0200

On Wednesday 17 of September 2008 22:41:46 Arjan Bouter wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:12:29 +0200
>
> Jaka Kranjc <smgl AT lynxlynx.info> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 17 of September 2008 22:09:23 Arjan Bouter wrote:
> > > If you build X with libxp+printproto and wish to remove it later, then
> > > you'll need to remove both libxp+printproto and recast most of X.
> > >
> > > It's not that different from other dependency chains really. scenario 2
> > > will fail for most dependency chains because of leftover spells
> > > (aliens) still being installed.
> >
> > I don't know any other example - do you?
> >
> > --
> > We cannot command nature except by obeying her. --Sir Francis Bacon
> > Have a sourcerous day! www.sourcemage.org
>
> try to dispel cups after you've build a box enabling the optional_depends
> on it everywhere you can :)
>
> or dispel a video codec while a couple of players have enabled
> optional_depends on it.
>
> or remove cyrus-sasl when you've build your daemons against it.
>
> all of the above examples result in broken applications, which is not that
> different from having the same happen a step down the dependency chain.
This is not the same. If you use dependency following, you won't be left with
a broken system - like cleanse --prune, dispel will notice the borked spells
and ask for action.

This would be the same if there wasn't any printproto involved.

LP
--
We cannot command nature except by obeying her. --Sir Francis Bacon
Have a sourcerous day! www.sourcemage.org

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