From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-1.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com [205.139.110.120]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B23D33851C27 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2020 16:32:34 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org B23D33851C27 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=cygwin.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=yselkowitz@cygwin.com Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-60-KLNR4MNrMXWkXWXUHGNTlw-1; Wed, 03 Jun 2020 12:32:32 -0400 X-MC-Unique: KLNR4MNrMXWkXWXUHGNTlw-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BBE01005510 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2020 16:32:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ovpn-112-182.rdu2.redhat.com (ovpn-112-182.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.112.182]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D8AA82DE7C for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2020 16:32:30 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <63fc7e28274461000864b6deaa7ae11c9df21966.camel@cygwin.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] cygport: suppress spurious package dependencies From: Yaakov Selkowitz To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2020 12:32:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87367cv03d.fsf@Rainer.invalid> References: <87367cv03d.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Evolution 3.34.4 (3.34.4-1.fc31) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.23 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NEUTRAL, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin package maintainer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2020 16:32:35 -0000 On Wed, 2020-06-03 at 13:51 +0200, Achim Gratz wrote: > The automatically generated dependencies sometimes have unwanted > components. This patch allows to suppress these on a per-package basis, > rather than requiring to patch the generated hint files after the fact. What exactly are you trying to "fix" with this? -- Yaakov