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From: Stuart Herbert <stuart@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] conditional dependencies (was: [gentoo-dev] Summary: Install CD Bloat thread)
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 01:18:32
Message-Id: 200308250216.17984.stuart@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] conditional dependencies (was: [gentoo-dev] Summary: Install CD Bloat thread) by Mamoru KOMACHI
1 On Monday 25 August 2003 1:53 am, Mamoru KOMACHI wrote:
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3 > In that bug, carpaski said:
4 >
5 > "inherit is NEVER allowed to be conditional that way.
6 > Either you inherit, or you don't. There is no middle ground.
7
8 Ain't that a pain. Must be because eclasses can and do add their own
9 dependencies; having optional inherits would really make a mess of the
10 metacache I guess.
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12 I'm glad you brought this up; it's not a restriction that I'd come across
13 before.
14
15 Best regards,
16 Stu
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