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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] skel.ebuild: Update comments for inherit, SLOT, KEYWORDS.
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 14:55:31
Message-Id: CAJ0EP40nAqDQ4YfNnA7RTjsf==JB1vm50L+JcOZ0Pwrn-NiBRA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] skel.ebuild: Update comments for inherit, SLOT, KEYWORDS. by "Ulrich Müller"
1 On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 8:31 AM, Ulrich Müller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
2 > @@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ SLOT="0"
3 > # For binary packages, use -* and then list the archs the bin package
4 > # exists for. If the package was for an x86 binary package, then
5 > # KEYWORDS would be set like this: KEYWORDS="-* x86"
6 > -# DO NOT USE KEYWORDS="*". This is deprecated and only for backward
7 > -# compatibility reasons.
8 > +# Do not use KEYWORDS="*". This is not valid in an ebuild context.
9 > KEYWORDS="~x86"
10
11 Portage actually does support KEYWORDS="*". I believe Funtoo uses this
12 for arch-agnostic packages.
13
14 Maybe rephrase this as being forbidden by Gentoo policy.
15
16 The rest of the patch looks ok.

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