Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> Not true. You don't know whether the cache is valid until you know what
> the EAPI is.

If you are on the user scenario the cache is valid.
If the eapi changes the cache meaning you can always put the new cache 
in another place older portage won't look into.

>> You:
>> - have to open them on regen, no matter what (you are adding it to
>> portage)
>> - the cache entry has already the eapi value so there it is.
> 
> Can't use the cache until you know what the EAPI is.

The current cache holds all the current portage needs to know what to 
ignore, providing the cache in such format will make portage ignore any 
future change.

lu

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Luca Barbato
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