Hi,

On Mon, 21 May 2007 13:57:14 +0400 "Andrey Gerasimenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Just curious: why nobody suggests to allow Portage to use the
> preferred method of binary distros: emerge several interdependent
> packages in one transaction.

Because this just wouldn't work. They're not called "dependencies"
without reason. Or is it a transactional rollback functionality you're
talking about?

> Just prepare the source for A and B and
> compile both in any order. IMHO this is what the ideal system should
> do.

Certainly not. How do you want to link against a library that doesn't
exist yet, even if theoretically you might be able to create a stub
after running ./configure (for automake based build infrastructure)...

-hwh
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