commit: d08d5f0dea3d8580c55a052d6424863d6aeb8ae9 Author: Joonas Niilola <juippis <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Sat Apr 23 12:32:51 2022 +0000 Commit: Joonas Niilola <juippis <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Sun May 22 06:36:57 2022 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=d08d5f0d
general-concepts/dependencies: add new section for indirect deps Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola <juippis <AT> gentoo.org> general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml index ef27ac2..ab1a799 100644 --- a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml @@ -781,6 +781,23 @@ There are three kinds of circular dependencies: </li> </ol> +</body> +</section> + +<section> +<title>Indirect dependencies</title> +<body> + +<p> +Always list each direct dependency that your package needs to build and run +correctly. Do not rely on dependency chains to meet the dependency +requirements. For example, a package needs <c>dep1</c> and <c>dep2</c>, but +<c>dep1</c> also depends on <c>dep2</c>. You might consider just adding +<c>dep1</c> since it currently pulls <c>dep2</c> too, but in the future, +<c>dep1</c> might drop <c>dep2</c> as a dependency, or make it conditional with +USE flags. This would then break building your ebuild. +</p> + </body> </section> </chapter>
