On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 1:41 PM Kent Fredric <ken...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 20:40:26 +0100 > Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > The proposal is to add a new dependency type (codename: IDEPEND) which > > indicates dependencies used for pkg_*inst (and pkg_*rm?) phases > > Given the nature of this, I somewhat expect this to cover dependencies > required for src_unpack and src_fetch, and possibly src_prepare > > Am I misunderstanding?
Yes, I think you misunderstand something, but I'm not sure exactly how. Tools used during src_unpack and src_prepare are generally covered by BDEPEND. src_fetch isn't formally defined yet, but probably needs its own dependency class if BDEPEND wont cover it.
