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From: Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: news item: changes to stages (make.conf and make.profile)
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:44:06
Message-Id: 500FF7D4.2030802@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: news item: changes to stages (make.conf and make.profile) by Brian Harring
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4 On 24/07/12 05:13 PM, Brian Harring wrote:
5 > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 04:32:00PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote:
6 >>
7 >> I've often seen cases like these handled by keeping a referenced
8 >> file where it's traditionally expected to be found, but leaving a
9 >> comment in that file explaining that the content of that file had
10 >> been moved to a new location, and the old location is
11 >> deprecated.
12 >>
13 >> Would that work for a circumstance like this?
14 >
15 > Not really, no- it would mean the PM would have to parse/merge both
16 > locations, rather than just looking for the file in one of two
17 > spots.
18 >
19 > ~brian
20 >
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22 ...if the file was empty except for comments saying where the new
23 location is, there would be nothing to parse.
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