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From: Stephen Bennett <spb@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ignoring/overwriting IUSE from an eclass
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:19:54
Message-Id: 20061030201633.7a6755fb@blashyrk
1 On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:04:47 +0100
2 Piotr Jaroszyński <peper@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > > Just what do you think will happen when Portage internals change?
5 > > This has happened several times with those variables?
6 > E_IUSE was added in 2.0.50-r10 or r11 and was never changed.
7
8 ...yet. Past Portage releases don't have it. Future Portage releases may
9 not. Other package managers don't. Using it at all is to intentionally
10 screw around with things that ebuilds should not know or need to, is
11 asking for trouble, and will have a certain group on your back as soon
12 as they find out (not just the paludis developers either). Especially so
13 when a correct solution has already been posted in this thread.
14
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Ignoring/overwriting IUSE from an eclass "Piotr Jaroszyński" <peper@g.o>