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Paul Bredbury wrote: |
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>> ive changed built_with_use to call 'die' if it is unable to locate the USE |
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>> file (aka the package is not installed) |
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>> -mike |
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> If the package is not installed (taking into consideration |
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> package.provided also), then built_with_use should return *False*. |
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> How can a package be built_with_use anything if it's not installed? |
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> You're saying that in this situation the answer is "unknown". I'm saying |
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> that it's logically impossible for the answer to be True, therefore the |
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> answer is False. There is no third option, because it's a Boolean |
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> function. |
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Tell that to python. When you call a function that only returns True or False, |
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it's also possible for it to raise an Exception. This is pretty close to what |
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'die' does. If an ebuild is calling built_with_use on a package that isn't |
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installed, something is very wrong. |
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