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Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:15:11 -0700 |
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> Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Does this seem like a desirable way to represent the "virtual" |
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>> attribute? Any suggestions? |
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> Again, I'm not so sure that this doesn't represent multiple separable |
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> concepts. It seems to imply: |
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> * that the install cost is effectively zero |
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> * that the resolution cost is effectively zero |
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> * that the package does not install any files |
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> * that the package does not use any of the (normal?) ebuild phases, and |
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> so does not require exclusive pkg_* execution or pkg_* system state |
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> preservation. |
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Can't we just treat them like other ebuilds except for the thing |
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about dependencies? Perhaps more fine-grained attributes could be |
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added for additional specificity. |
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Zac |
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