No need to bump exe-only packages (no lib)
Just doing an update, and I noticed a fair number of bumps to pxsl-tools. This is a /bin-only package that I can't see any other package linking against. When any of the deps change on a package like this, I don't see bumping the PKGREL as being necessary. Not sure if it would be trouble to exclude these types of packages from a PKGREL bump, and it doesn't harm anything either way - I was just thinking it could save some compilation time on the build side, and some download/install time on the update side. -Leif Warner
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 09:20:41PM -0700, Leif Warner wrote:
Just doing an update, and I noticed a fair number of bumps to pxsl-tools. This is a /bin-only package that I can't see any other package linking against.
When any of the deps change on a package like this, I don't see bumping the PKGREL as being necessary. Not sure if it would be trouble to exclude these types of packages from a PKGREL bump, and it doesn't harm anything either way - I was just thinking it could save some compilation time on the build side, and some download/install time on the update side.
It is true that there is no immediate need to bump binary-only packages, such as pxsl-tools, when libs are upgraded. I still think they should be re-built though, as we otherwise may end up with build problems in HABS without realising it until later. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind. -- Alan Kay
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