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From:	Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To:	gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-dev] Don't require assignment of empty variables in ebuilds?
Date:	Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:05:54
Message-Id:	`50231ABB.40501@gentoo.org`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-dev] Don't require assignment of empty variables in ebuilds? by Ulrich Mueller

1	On 07/25/2012 09:38 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
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3	> On the other hand, tree policy (as enforced by repoman) wouldn't
4	> really change. In the cases you've mentioned above, it already
5	> displays errors or warnings. Repoman also doesn't distinguish between
6	> empty and unset variables. The single exception to this is IUSE, which
7	> is required to be present in an ebuild even if it's empty. Maybe we
8	> should drop this requirement, too.
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10	IUSE.undefined is removed in Portage git:
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12	http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=f7ec7a4db6543e1fd3a13c341a37ccb667956978
13	--
14	Thanks,
15	Zac