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From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] REQUIRED_USE="test" vs. repoman
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 23:48:50
Message-Id: CAATnKFBiH9jBeCFC1Tu9QdqYd5HNF1QUhYJ=aDf5EGn7wetGpw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] REQUIRED_USE="test" vs. repoman by Zac Medico
1 On 9 November 2014 09:06, Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote:
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3 > Since EAPI 5, you need to either add test to IUSE, or else we need to
4 > add the test flag to IUSE_IMPLICIT in the base profile (that would
5 > require some discussion of pros/cons).
6 >
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8 It should have been needed on EAPI4 too, but due to a side effect of
9 history and the way portage implemented it, it wasn't needed on EAPI0-4 on
10 *portage*, so repoman didn't warn about it.
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12 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=442830
13 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=525356
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15 That lovely place where portage deviates from PMS =)
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18 Kent
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20 *KENTNL* - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL