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| author |   Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2014-11-15 13:13:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2014-11-15 13:13:06 +0100 |
| commit | af8bf2fcb2fbfe68ba71d15bc0a204d51f7b6078 (patch) | |
| tree | 14ea657976d4c7674b874df4af8cbb7428cb0721 /general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml | |
| parent | Merge pull request #24 from maekke/css (diff) | |
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Clarify that PDEPEND may be installed after the package in some cases.
Bug 424117.
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| -rw-r--r-- | general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml index dc95e28..24b9902 100644 --- a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml @@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ Items which are in <c>RDEPEND</c> but not <c>DEPEND</c> could <e>in theory</e> b <body> <p> -The <c>PDEPEND</c> variable specifies dependencies which must be merged <e>after</e> the -package. This is sometimes used for plugins which have a dependency upon the -package being merged. Generally <c>PDEPEND</c> should be avoided in favour of -<c>RDEPEND</c> except where this will create circular dependency chains. +The <c>PDEPEND</c> variable specifies dependencies that should be +merged <e>after</e> the package, but which may be merged at any time, +if the former is not possible. This is sometimes used for plugins +that have a dependency upon the package being merged. Generally +<c>PDEPEND</c> should be avoided in favour of <c>RDEPEND</c> except +where this will create circular dependency chains. </p> </body> |