EXPLICIT_PACKAGE_DEPENDS=true

Carmel carmel_ny at hotmail.com
Sat Jun 2 10:18:28 UTC 2012


I have seen the "EXPLICIT_PACKAGE_DEPENDS=true" knob mentioned in
several posts. I have three questions in its regards.

1) Exactly what does it do? I cannot seem to locate a definitive answer.

2) If this is a "good thing" then why is it not a default setting?

3) What benefits could I expect to see from using this setting?

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Carmel ✌
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