On Tuesday 16 June 2009 22:38:52 Aaron Griffin wrote:
I'm not thinking in terms of scripting and the like, I'm thinking in terms of information. Like... "oh this needed mysql-libs to build, so maybe it has mysql support"
Imho the other way round is more usefull: * What packages depend on e.g. mysql at build time? ** Maybe I want to move/remove it. Quite often we want to know if a package can safely be removed. ** Maybe I have a .so bump and want to know what might break in future rebuilds ** Maybe I want to rebuild those that are statically linked and rebuild them (e.g. bug fixes, security etc.) * With a complete dependency graph I can automaticaly check for unused libs etc. (think about repo cleanup) * Make a repo check/validation easier. E.g. cross repo dependencies, ... -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de