Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: PROPERTIES=funky-slots
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:28:37
Message-Id: 20120624122343.07bbe321@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: PROPERTIES=funky-slots by "Michał Górny"
1 On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:21:01 +0200
2 Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
3 > On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:58:07 +0100
4 > Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
5 > > On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 10:19:19 +0200
6 > > Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
7 > > > > Think || ( a:3 a:2 ).
8 > > >
9 > > > So now that you've stated the problem, maybe it's a good time to
10 > > > find a proper solution for it.
11 > >
12 > > That isn't the problem. That's an example of an effect of the
13 > > problem. The problem is that -r and slots are being used to do
14 > > something weird.
15 >
16 > No? What will paludis do in the above case, if the newest version of a
17 > has slot :4?
18
19 That depends upon other dependencies and what options the user
20 specifies.
21
22 This isn't a Paludis issue, though. It's a "marking where crazy stuff
23 is being done" issue.
24
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26 Ciaran McCreesh

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