[pacman-dev] [PATCH] add makedepends to package and database

[Pierre Schmitz]

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,
...

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