1 | #####
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2 | #
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3 | # Project TODO list
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4 | #
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5 | #####
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6 |
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8 | -- Review generated scripts for bugs trying to figure out if are due fails
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9 | in the BLFS book XML tagging (that will implied that the book need be
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10 | fixed) or are required variations due book layout. If the latter, try
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11 | to fix it via XSL, documenting in README.BLFS that issues that can't be
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12 | fixed.
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14 | This is an on-going and never-end task due that, ideally, each commit to
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15 | the BLFS book should be revised and validated, but our time is limited.
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17 | -- Bugs hunting.
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18 |
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19 | -- About dependencies
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20 | A. A DEPENDENCY MAY NOT BE INSTALLED EVEN IF NEEDED
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21 | Currently (December 10th, 2021), the dependencies are only installed
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22 | if either:
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23 | - (i) they are not already installed
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24 | - (ii) their version is higher than the installed version
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25 | If a dependency is not installed, its dependencies are not considered.
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26 | But it may happen that a dependency (depB) of a dependency (depA) is in
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27 | case (i) or (ii) (most likely), but not depA. In this case, depB is
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28 | not considered, although it might happen that it is needed for the
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29 | requested package.
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30 | So the dependency system should be changed to always compute the full
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31 | dependency chain, and another function should be created to remove
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32 | packages not in case (i) or (ii) from the list of generated dependencies.
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33 | B. CHECKING DEPENDENCIES
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34 | There are several kinds of checks we might want to implement, for
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35 | example:
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36 | - (i) check that a package can be built with only the listed
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37 | dependencies, and their dependencies (missing dependency)
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38 | - (ii) check that the dependencies do not include dependencies
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39 | that are already in the dependency chain (redundant dependency)
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40 | - (iii) check that a dependency is really needed (false dependency)
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