Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com>
To: eva@g.o
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] pkg_pretend USE validation and VALID_USE alternative
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:02:07
Message-Id: 20100401105954.GL11663@hrair
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] pkg_pretend USE validation and VALID_USE alternative by Gilles Dartiguelongue
1 On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 12:42:10PM +0200, Gilles Dartiguelongue wrote:
2 > > Basically, you want the PM to lie to the ebuild in some fashion.
3 > > Since pkg_pretend is free form, it's effectively impossible to cover
4 > > the scenarios it could check on- consider checking the kernel
5 > > config/version, or checking the active jvm/python version.
6 >
7 > except the kernel will not change during the upgrade,
8
9 Pardon, I wasn't clear- I was referring to kernel sources, not
10 the running kernel.
11
12 ~harring

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Re: [gentoo-dev] pkg_pretend USE validation and VALID_USE alternative Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>