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On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:15:31 -0400 |
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Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@g.o> wrote: |
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> > That's sensitive to old versions ebuilds being removed from the |
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> > tree, so it's utterly unworkable. |
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> I do not see why you think it's unworkable. Ebuilds already have |
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> dependencies that can be broken by removing an old version; if wombat |
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> depends on foo[bar], and you removed the only version of foo that had |
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> bar in IUSE, you broke wombat. Adding special LINGUAS handling would |
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> not change the fact that before deleting an ebuild, you need to |
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> verify that you did not render other ebuilds' dependencies |
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> unsatisfiable. |
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That's not how undefaulted use dependencies work. If wombat depends |
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upon foo[bar], it is an error if there is *any* version of foo *ever* |
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that doesn't have bar in IUSE_EFFECTIVE. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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