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| author |   Andrei Horodniceanu <a.horodniceanu@proton.me> | 2024-09-26 12:08:38 +0300 |
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| committer |   Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2024-09-28 21:36:07 +0200 |
| commit | 1f4eb2b2cb996e95f5fb1f09ee912082c8957fea (patch) | |
| tree | 8bcf5163cd2e1fba7f8fcf7cb696bd960037bb1f | |
| parent | ebuild-writing/error-handling: Refer to PIPESTATUS, not its value (diff) | |
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I had a package that needed changes that would introduce a dependency
cycle with USE=test and I had to ask on IRC whether this was OK. Sam
told me not to worry about it and recommended that the devmanual
should note this.
So, add a paragraph that discourages dependency cycles but expresses
that cycles provoked by USE=test can usually be ignored.
Signed-off-by: Andrei Horodniceanu <a.horodniceanu@proton.me>
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml index 6c3207d..407e4c4 100644 --- a/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/dependencies/text.xml @@ -821,6 +821,14 @@ There are three kinds of circular dependencies: </li> </ol> +<p> +While circular dependencies should be avoided, an exception can be made for +test-only dependencies. Similar to the example above with the tests of +<c>dev-python/setuptools</c>, if a package needs itself, directly or +indirectly, in order to run its tests, it is usually fine to leave it +as-is. You should fix it if you can but don't go to extensive lengths for it. +</p> + </body> </section> |