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On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:38:19 +0400 |
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Peter Volkov <pva@g.o> wrote: |
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> Starting with EAPI=X new prefix ~ is allowed in IUSE use flag |
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> definition. Use |
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> flags prefixed with ~ are not allowed to be used anywhere but only |
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> inside |
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> PDEPEND dependency specification. This USE flags are used during |
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> dependency |
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> resolution as normal. Package manager is allowed to skip |
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> re-installation of the |
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> package due to this USE flag change but still it should record such |
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> USE change |
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> into package database. |
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How about packages having optional rt dependencies on other packages' |
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optional dependencies? |
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> Comments? |
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> May be instead of ~ introduce three additional prefixes (~ and another |
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> two for +~ and -~ cases)? |
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I think a USE_EXPAND prefix could be used for that as well. |
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We could then extend the backwards compatibility to cause complete |
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package rebuilds with older PMs (EAPIs) and only dep-switches for newer |
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ones. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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