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Joe Peterson wrote: |
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> Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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>> Except it doesn't. A virtual ebuild: |
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>> * installs nothing |
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>> * does nothing |
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> I'd say that virtual does indeed do something: it pulls in other packages. |
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>> * should be treated as being very quickly installable |
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>> * should be treated as having zero cost for installs |
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Both of which follow from "installs nothing." Or would you disagree? |
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>> The property proposed corresponds to only the last of these. |
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> Still, the term "virtual" fits the spirit of the idea well. |
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Indeed, and it is well-understood. |
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