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On 08/12/15 22:38, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> I always wondered why pkg_pretend never caught on. |
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Because, in a way, it triggers at the wrong point of the merge. |
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emerge -pv fnurk => dependencies look ok |
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emerge fnurk => pkg_pretend bails out ... eh?! |
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(This would be a little bit confusing, if not actively hostile, and |
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useflags + required_use are a lot more 'natural' to the emerge workflow) |
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> I to can see the advantage of it over REQUIRED_USE; it would allow the |
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> package maintainer to give specific error messages about why use flag |
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> combinations are invalid for a package. |
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And now someone will say "annotations". Sigh. |
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have fun, |
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Patrick |
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