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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: splitting virtual/
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:27:19
Message-Id: 4E4A1BB1.9000700@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: splitting virtual/ by "Michał Górny"
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4 On 08/16/2011 12:01 AM, Micha? Górny wrote:
5 >>> Considering the number of different virtuals in this category,
6 >>> maybe it would be a good idea to split it a little? What I'm
7 >>> proposing is maybe creating some kind of '*-virtual' categories.
8 >>>
9 >>> For example, half of the current virtuals are prefixed with
10 >>> 'perl-'. Maybe they could be transformed into 'perl-virtual/*'?
11 >>
12 >> If you're going to do that, then I'd suggest giving them some sort
13 >> of tag that the package manager can rely upon in order to identify
14 >> them as virtuals. For example, we could have the ebuilds set
15 >> PROPERTIES=virtual [2], or we could simply specify (in PMS) that
16 >> any category whose name matches the '*-virtual' pattern will
17 >> contain virtuals.
18 >
19 > Doesn't DEFINED_PHASES==- serve that purpose nowadays?
20
21 Actually, since EAPI 4 we have default src_install, so it's possible to
22 have ebuilds that have no defined phases but still install stuff.
23 - --
24 Thanks,
25 Zac
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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: splitting virtual/ "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>