Le 06/08/2011 07:20, Darren New nous fit lire :
> Does a tarball on Slackware actually track dependencies?

well, it won't compile if the dependencies is not already installed. ;-)

I remember trying to compile gnome on a slackware (old gnome, old
slackware,... old time). It was a bit a game of "try and error/again" as
there was a lot of modules, with no clear order described.

Gentoo is also source-based, and it does track dependencies in its
packages system. It's easier that slackware, as long as you are ok to
follow their option/use system.

(but it can be complex if you want option A for some packages and not-A
for some others... which have a common package!)

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