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On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:52:08 +1300 |
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Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:24:19 +0200 |
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> Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Also, keep in mind that with an external utility you have far less |
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> > control on what is executed than with something in $PORTDIR: people |
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> > may use an older buggy version of the utility, while when shipping |
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> > it in $PORTDIR you are sure that the version is up to date. |
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> Conversely ... you can't force people to use a specific version of |
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> portage. |
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> But you can force a dependency on a newer version of the external |
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> utility if the package needs to. |
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which kind of defeats the point of having it done automagically without |
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touching ebuilds :) |
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