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On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:29:11 -0700 |
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Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 02:57:34PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> > On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:56:08 +0300 |
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> > Petteri Räty <betelgeuse@g.o> wrote: |
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> > > Ok. So people should then be using has_version in pkg_info if they |
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> > > want to detect if it's installed or not? |
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> > If they absolutely totally need to detect that, then yes. |
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> Presuming I read that correctly, invoking has_version w/in pkg x to |
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> see if pkg x is installed seems like redundant code (and slightly |
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> circuitious from a PM standpoint)- why not just export a bool into |
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> the env for pkg_info indicating if it is installed or not? |
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Because you might want to check that foo is installed from within foo, |
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or you might want to check that foo-2 is installed from within foo-2, |
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or you might want to check something subtly different -- and that's |
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before we start thinking about slots. It's not really a bool thing, so |
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has_version is the simplest way for people who need to detect a |
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particular thing to detect it. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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