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Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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>>>>>> On Sat, 26 Jul 2014, Martin Vaeth wrote: |
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>> Quite the opposite, PMS claims that one cannot rely on |
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>> anything stored in /var/db |
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> Where does it say so? |
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"Appendix B: Unspecified Items |
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The following items are not specified by this document, |
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and must not be relied upon by ebuilds. |
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The VDB (/var/db/pkg) |
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[...]" |
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This is bugging me for quite a while already, because I |
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had to try and to rely on undocumented behaviour for all |
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features of eix which access /var/db/pkg. |
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It also is one of the reasons why it might be dangerous |
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if you use another PM even only for testing purposes: |
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In theory, it might even be possible that a package installed |
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by one PM is not recognized by the other. |
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I guess that this is not a big problem in practice, but |
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in fine points like the discussed prerm perhaps some |
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problems might arise through mixing. |
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