Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o>
To: ulm@g.o
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Dependencies default to accept any slot value acceptable (:*), can we default to :0 instead?
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2013 20:30:49
Message-Id: 20131208212803.60a34fe8@TOMWIJ-GENTOO
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Dependencies default to accept any slot value acceptable (:*), can we default to :0 instead? by Ulrich Mueller
1 On Sun, 8 Dec 2013 21:21:52 +0100
2 Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
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4 > Nothing undefined here. A dependency without a slot means that all
5 > slot values are acceptable.
6
7 Is that stated in the PMS?
8
9 > And all package managers interpret it in the same way.
10
11 Because it is the previous behavior (adopted from versions?); it is
12 undefined behavior from the PMS point of view if it is not stated.
13
14 --
15 With kind regards,
16
17 Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
18 Gentoo Developer
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