[aur-general] Are AUR VCS packages that depend on AUR VCS packages from other projects a good idea and who should decide on that ?

[Doug Newgard]

On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 01:32:58 +0200
Lone_Wolf <lonewolf at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> Thanks for all replies.
> 
> 
> I've thought about this and think I have found a way that will work for 
> all users.
> 
> 
> My idea is to introduce a new environment variable, mesa_use_llvm .
> 
> It can have the following values :
> 
> 1 > use aur llvm-lw-git and co
> 
> 2 > use aur llvm-git and co
> 
> 3 > use lordheavy unoffical repo llvm-svn and co
> 
> 4 > use [extra] llvm and co
> 
> 
> If mesa_use_llvm is indefined or something else then 1,2,3,4 fallback to 
> value 1.
> 
> In the PKGBUILD I'll use depends+= / makedepends+= to add the correct 
> packages.
> 
> 
> Choosing which llvm to built against is then setting an environment 
> variable.
> 
> Do you guys and girls think this way is a good idea ?
> 
> 
> Lone_Wolf

No, it's not. You're WAY overcomplicating things. The llvm variants you mention
should all "provide" llvm, so you just depend on that and can use whatever you
want.

Scimmia