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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: splitting virtual/
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:19:56
Message-Id: 20043.31098.866406.236363@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: splitting virtual/ by "Michał Górny"
1 >>>>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011, Micha³ Górny wrote:
2
3 > And isn't a random PROPERTIES value more fragile? If someone uses it
4 > incorrectly, the results are undefined. With older PMs, results are
5 > undefined.
6
7 > While having empty SRC_URI and no DEFINED_PHASES guarantees that
8 > the ebuild won't install a file. That's just per-def, nothing can
9 > happen.
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11 Unfortunately, the inverse is not true. There are virtuals that
12 define phase functions, see virtual/ruby-* for example.
13
14 Ulrich

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: splitting virtual/ "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>