267221 – --with-bdeps=y should be available as a FEATURES option

Bug 267221 - --with-bdeps=y should be available as a FEATURES option

Summary: --with-bdeps=y should be available as a FEATURES option

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Core - Configuration (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement
Assignee:	Portage team

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Reported:	2009-04-23 14:55 UTC by michael@smith-li.com
Modified:	2013-08-26 04:30 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description michael@smith-li.com 2009-04-23 14:55:45 UTC

I think it would make more sense to have a FEATURES option to include bdeps in dep resolution, rather than having to always specify --with-bdeps=y or EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps=y"

Some schools of thought additionally have it that that FEATURE should be the default behavior of portage.

This enhancement would make bugs like bug 266861 partially moot.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2009-04-23 17:21:12 UTC

I think --with-bdeps=y is probably a reasonable default for most people. However, I imagine that it might annoy some people who work with binary packages, since they might be surprised if binary packages suddenly start pulling in built-time dependencies by default.

Comment 2 Sebastian Luther (few) 2011-01-28 21:46:55 UTC

I don't think that --with-bdeps=y should be the default. For most people it's a waste of resources.

For FEATURES <-> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS: It has always been an option and I don't see a good reason to change that. Especially because changing either of them requires the same work (editing make.conf). Closing as WONTFIX.