On 02/14/2010 11:36 PM, Gilles Dartiguelongue (eva) wrote: > Added: vala-0.7.10.ebuild > Index: vala-0.7.10.ebuild > > #FIXME: flex and bison are in "base" profile, > # so why put them into DEPEND ? > > sys-devel/flex > || ( sys-devel/bison dev-util/byacc dev-util/yacc )
Because implicit depends are bad[1] and flex shouldn't be in system set[2]. Please remove the comment from the ebuild so nobody accidentally drops the required (and correct) depends. [1] http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2009/09/09/proper-dependencies-aren-t-overcomplex [2] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221311 Thanks, Samuli
