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From: "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: GLEP 64: Export Package Manager Cached Information. (Was: RFC: GLEP 64: Standardize contents of VDB and establish and API for exporting this information.)
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2014 16:16:07
Message-Id: 540B33CD.1000404@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: GLEP 64: Export Package Manager Cached Information. (Was: RFC: GLEP 64: Standardize contents of VDB and establish and API for exporting this information.) by hasufell
1 On 09/06/14 12:12, hasufell wrote:
2 > Anthony G. Basile:
3 >>> And when you do ask, is a package that's "provided" installed, and if
4 >>> so, what's its metadata?
5 >>>
6 >> When the package is installed, that data should have been cached.
7 >>
8 > Afaik there is nothing "cached" if you put stuff in package.provided.
9 > It's a terrible hack, unless I missed something.
10 >
11
12 I wasn't sure what Ciaran was talking about there. If its hacky, then
13 we certainly don't want to standardize it in the GLEP.
14
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16 Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D.
17 Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened]
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