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On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 13:12:43 -0700 |
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Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Introduced originally via 8b54be6a, this is effectively a noop for |
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> gentoo ebuilds- nor is it providing any useful information to either |
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> the dev, or the PM, thus remove it. |
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The point of :* is to allow repoman to detect situations where a |
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package has a build and a run dep upon something that has multiple |
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slots, and to remind the developer that they either need to := it, or |
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to explicitly say that it's ok for slots to change. |
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Without :*, there's no way to tell the difference between "the |
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developer forgot, or slots were added in later", and "this really can |
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switch slots at runtime". |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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