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Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> - Do we really need all these restrictions for ebuilds listed in [3]? |
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> Especially, restricting possible USE dependencies will complicate |
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> the spec, and I don't see the benefit of such a restriction. |
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If, for example, we make subversion an IUSE_RUNTIME flag of git, and |
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some other package depends on dev-vcs/git[-subversion], and the user has |
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the subversion flag disabled for git but happens to have subversion |
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installed anyway, should the dependency be considered satisfied (in |
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which case it's fairly pointless)? Or does it magically get treated |
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like a blocker on dev-vcs/subversion? |
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(I realise that git-svn has more deps than just subversion itself, but |
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it's just an example. :-P) |
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Similar logic would suggest that "!flag ( ... )" in the package's own |
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dependencies should also be disallowed. |
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See also http://marc.info/?l=gentoo-dev&m=134030581716793&w=2 and replies. |
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