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From: "Göktürk Yüksek" <gokturk@××××××××××.edu>
To: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
Cc: devmanual@g.o, gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata: add an example for slots and subslots
Date: Sun, 08 May 2016 15:29:26
Message-Id: 572F5B46.3050302@binghamton.edu
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] ebuild-writing/misc-files/metadata: add an example for slots and subslots by Ulrich Mueller
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4 Hi,
5
6 Ulrich Mueller:
7 >>>>>> On Mon, 2 May 2016, Göktürk Yüksek wrote:
8 >
9 >> -descriptions. Slot operators are not allowed inside
10 >> &lt;pkg&gt;, +descriptions. Slot operators are not preferred
11 >> inside &lt;pkg&gt;,
12 >
13 > A "slot operator" (like :* or :=) is not what is meant here, but a
14 > "slot dependency". These terms are defined in PMS:
15 > https://projects.gentoo.org/pms/6/pms.html#x1-860008.2.6.3
16 >
17 Thanks for the clarification in terminology, I'll update accordingly.
18
19 > Also I think that the previous wording was more accurate here. Slot
20 > dependencies are not allowed inside <pkg>.
21 >
22 Thanks for pointing out. I was a bit confused when I first read in the
23 GLEP: "it is recommended to move the slot specifiers out of <pkg/>
24 element." The specification clearly says "must contain a valid
25 qualified package name" however. Will revert back to the original.
26
27 > Ulrich
28 >
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