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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] default RDEPEND?
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:15:00
Message-Id: 200604290412.15142.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] default RDEPEND? by Alin Nastac
1 On Saturday 29 April 2006 03:08, Alin Nastac wrote:
2 > Carsten Lohrke wrote:
3 > >RDEPEND="cvs? ( dev-util/cvs )
4 > > svn? ( dev-util/subversion )
5 > > !cvs? ( ! svn? ( dev-util/cvs ) )"
6 >
7 > Huh? How about:
8 > RDEPEND="|| ( dev-util/cvs dev-util/subversion )"
9 >
10 > IMO, your example is a USE flag abuse.
11
12 not really ... if the package were to link against either cvs or svn rather
13 than just run the binaries, the || () would be incorrect ... the || () for
14 sure doesnt allow for user control on a system where neither cvs nor svn is
15 already installed
16 -mike
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Re: [gentoo-dev] default RDEPEND? Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>