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On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 21:38:33 +0100 Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> |
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| Then explain people that doing this is not the way. |
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Have done, repeatedly, as have many others. |
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| And is it really a qualityissue? In all cases? There must be cases |
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| where the problem is package + arch + useflag specific, and this |
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| solution "solves" it. |
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This is most definitely a quality issue in cases where it is misused. |
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See my reply to Grobian for why it's a huge problem. And yes, there are |
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legit cases of using !arch? inside DEPEND, which is what makes it even |
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harder to detect deliberate repoman circumvention. |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |
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