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On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:05:35 -0400
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Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o> wrote:
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> On 20/07/12 01:54 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> > On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:43:15 -0400 Alexandre Rostovtsev |
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> > <tetromino@g.o> wrote: |
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> >>> If you dep upon foo[linguas_en(+)] and linguas_en isn't in |
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> >>> IUSE, what happens? |
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> >> |
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> >> Fatal error. If a package installs its translations implicitly |
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> >> via gettext's rules depending on the value of LINGUAS at |
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> >> configure time, then obviously other packages must rely on that |
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> >> package having installed any particular translation. |
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> > |
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> > Uh, the entire point of the (+) is that it's *not* a fatal error if |
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> > you have a default. |
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> If this doesn't work (assuming foo provides whatever this package |
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> needs it to have for linguas_en), then the dep is wrong in the first |
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> place and either (+) shouldn't be set or the use-dep on foo shouldn't |
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> exist to begin with. |
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...but (+) exists precisely because developers wanted a way of not
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having fatal errors when using use dependencies. Non-defaulted use
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dependencies are supposed to give errors if there's no match in
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IUSE_EFFECTIVE, but unfortunately Portage chose not to make it as
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strict as the Council-approved wording required.
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- --
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Ciaran McCreesh
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