[arch-dev-public] Adding a "posix" metapackage

[Sébastien Luttringer]

On Sat, 2020-01-04 at 13:08 +1000, Allan McRae via arch-dev-public wrote:
> On 4/1/20 12:47 pm, Sébastien Luttringer via arch-dev-public wrote:
> > One unfortunate consequence could be to have packages rely on it to make
> > dependencies shorter, and make us pull cups or cronie.
> 
> What?!  That is like saying one unfortunate consequence of pamcan hooks
> is that packages can have no files and just download and compile the
> source in a hook.  It is a ridiculous consideration.
> 

Your extreme example seems, indeed, a ridiculous use of hooks.
I hadn't realized that adding posix as a dependency on a package will be as
extreme and ridiculous as the example that you have just gave.
My mistake.

Regards,

Sébastien "Seblu" Luttringer

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