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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] vala.eclass: change vala_src_prepare behavior when USE=-vala
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:21:37
Message-Id: 20120920191541.623ff4ef@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] vala.eclass: change vala_src_prepare behavior when USE=-vala by Pacho Ramos
1 On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:13:00 +0200
2 Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o> wrote:
3 > El jue, 20-09-2012 a las 18:55 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh escribió:
4 > > On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:54:43 +0200
5 > > Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o> wrote:
6 > > > That isn't necessary what could occur if the behavior changes
7 > > > unexpectedly: as current behavior is already being assumed in
8 > > > eclasses/ebuilds, portage couldn't change it without, before,
9 > > > porting ebuilds/eclasses to use that new hypothetical behavior.
10 > >
11 > > Sure it can. Portage supports what's in the spec. If you're relying
12 > > upon undefined behaviour, it's your problem when it stops working.
13 >
14 > It cannot break the tree, only square-headed people can think somebody
15 > would force a breakage and don't try to fix it before.
16
17 Uhm, if you're relying upon a coincidence of how Portage currently
18 happens to work, you're already broken.
19
20 --
21 Ciaran McCreesh

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