On Monday 21 May 2007, Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: > Just curious: why nobody suggests to allow Portage to use the > preferred method of binary distros: emerge several interdependent > packages in one transaction. Just prepare the source for A and B and > compile both in any order. IMHO this is what the ideal system should > do.
Easy: A binary distro dumps a load of files on the disk, and apart from an optional pre- or post-install script, that's the entire install . Gentoo is a SOURCE distro. It compiles stuff, and the stuff it links to MUST be on the disk before the linker will link it. If B depends on A, make B will fail if the required files in A are not present. alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
