On 10/17/06, Matt Wilson <msw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 02:41:01PM -0400, James Olin Oden wrote: > > As an aside, one of things I would really like to see is the build of > anaconda be more configuration driven. This is just a little step in > that direction. I've never been happy with the idea of needing dep whiteout. Fortunately I've forgotten the long story as to why it's needed. ;-)
I wish I could. Basically at some point a decision is made to live with the dep loops in the existing package set for a distribution, rather than rebuild and sometimes refactor packages. This I assume is when such loops are discovered very late in the process of the distribution or when the loops are just a pita to fix. This is all conjecture though...I know why I end up having to use it, which is to avoid rebuilding packages I never built...some argue that is the wrong thing to do. Thanks again...james
