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  • From: Dufflebunk <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>
  • To: Nick Jennings <nkj AT namodn.com>
  • Cc: sm-sorcery AT lists.ibiblio.org, sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire]Re: [SM-Sorcery][Fwd: xfree86 as a special case]
  • Date: 19 Oct 2002 17:09:03 -0400

xfree86 is a special case in spells. It's not listed as a dependency,
since 1/2 the spells would then have it listed. Dito for gcc, all spells
depends on gcc being there.

On Sat, 2002-10-19 at 04:20, Nick Jennings wrote:
> Sorry for the brief message. but i'm slightly inebriated at the moment
> ( and not at home, making it particularly difficult to think).
>
> I don't understand the problem...
>
> If xclock doesn't depend on xfree, what does it depend on? does that
> depend on xfree?
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 10:15:59PM -0400, Dufflebunk wrote:
> > Ok, one more time...
> >
> > -----Forwarded Message-----
> >
> > > From: Dufflebunk <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>
> > > To: sm-grimoire AT sourcemage.org, sorcery AT sourcemage.org
> > > Subject: xfree86 as a special case
> > > Date: 17 Oct 2002 20:29:52 -0400
> > >
> > > As you probably know, I'm responsible for scre^H^H^H^Hrewriting the
> > > dependency stuff. I'm not sure what to do with xfree86. Currently when
> > > you cast (from a new install) xclock without xfree86, it'll fail because
> > > xfree isn't installed and it's not listed as a dependency. I know it's
> > > not supposed to be listed, however, it does lead to a problem... the
> > > gnome-profile and kde-profile list it as a dependency, but nothing else
> > > depends on it. This causes it to be put near the end of the ordered list
> > > of spells (ordered w.r.t casting order), and after some spells that in
> > > reality do depend on it (but don't list it).
> > >
> > > One solution is for libdepends to check if xfree is in the list and if
> > > it is, put it at the start, but then if some of xfree's depends aren't
> > > cast yet, it'll fail... So that doesn't work.
> > >
> > > I'm not really sure what the best way to resolve this is.
> > > Questions:
> > > 1) Any suggestions on a solution?
> > > 2) Are there any other spells in this same situation? (gcc? glibc?)
> > >
> > >
> > > P.S. I hope the first paragraph makes sense... I've had my head stuck
> > > in dependency stuff for the last week so I apologize if it is
> > > non-sensicle.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >
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