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From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Thoughts about broken package handling
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:54:28
Message-Id: BANLkTimW+EiJit+bkmRjck6N+L=ioL0fXg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Thoughts about broken package handling by "Benedikt Böhm"
1 On 26 June 2011 17:44, Benedikt Böhm <hollow@g.o> wrote:
2 > these just exist because python and perl ebuilds are horribly broken.
3 > take a look at RUBY_TARGETS or PHP_TARGETS for an example of how to do
4 > it right. this would also fix all the failures that python and perl
5 > introduce to binary packages.
6
7 Perl doesn't slot and is presently far too complex to slot it
8 reliably. Ideally we could have Perl slotted, but the effort involved
9 is huge at present. If you're willing to contribute patches to solve
10 this problem you're welcome, but until then, perl-cleaner is really
11 the best we can do.
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15 Kent
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17 perl -e  "print substr( \"edrgmaM  SPA NOcomil.ic\\@tfrken\", \$_ * 3,
18 3 ) for ( 9,8,0,7,1,6,5,4,3,2 );"
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20 http://kent-fredric.fox.geek.nz