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On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 20:24:43 +1200 |
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Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 3 July 2012 19:08, Ciaran McCreesh |
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> <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:44:04 +1200 |
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> > Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> Firstly, we already have a ^^( ) syntax for REQUIRED_USE , "one |
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> >> of, but not more than one of". |
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> > A user has a and b installed. c depends upon ^^ ( a b ). The user |
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> > tries to install c. What happens? |
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> I'd expect that the user would have to remove one of ( a b ), the |
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> natural choice would be to remove b, a taking precedence. |
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But whether or not a and b can be installed together sounds an awful |
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lot like a property of a and b, not of c. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |