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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: GLEP 64: Export Package Manager Cached Information. (Was: RFC: GLEP 64: Standardize contents of VDB and establish and API for exporting this information.)
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2014 16:13:08
Message-Id: 540B3285.6000300@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: GLEP 64: Export Package Manager Cached Information. (Was: RFC: GLEP 64: Standardize contents of VDB and establish and API for exporting this information.) by "Anthony G. Basile"
1 Anthony G. Basile:
2 >>
3 >> And when you do ask, is a package that's "provided" installed, and if
4 >> so, what's its metadata?
5 >>
6 >
7 > When the package is installed, that data should have been cached.
8 >
9
10 Afaik there is nothing "cached" if you put stuff in package.provided.
11 It's a terrible hack, unless I missed something.

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