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From: Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Improve description of USE=test
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:23:32
Message-Id: 20180825012306.4a9b26a6@katipo2.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Improve description of USE=test by Mike Gilbert
1 On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 22:29:29 -0400
2 Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
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4 > Setting RESTRICT="!test? ( test )" is generally sufficient.
5
6 But that would require setting that virtually *everything* that has
7 both tests, and required dependencies for tests.
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9 Which, in my experience, is practically everything with tests.
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11 To the point it seems like that should be the *default* mechanic, not a
12 requirement that everyone pay not to have a randomly broken package.

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