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On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:29:02 -0700 |
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Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote: |
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> Ryan Hill wrote: |
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> > Zac Medico wrote: |
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> >> implement greedy atoms for the world set. I've been pondering the |
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> >> idea of making world non-greedy for slots by default [1], since you |
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> >> can add slot atoms to the world file to pull in any specific |
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> >> slot(s) that you want. |
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> > That would rock. Portage always insisting on pulling in the highest |
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> > SLOT whether needed or not is one of my biggest pet-peeves. |
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> Well, you can already use SLOT atoms in your world file if you don't |
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> want the highest available. Packages that pull in >=foo are a |
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> different story though. I suppose we can add something like a |
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> - --upgrade=minimal option that prevents pulling in new slots if they |
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> aren't required. |
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Don't restrict it to SLOTs though. "minimal" implies that only upgrades |
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required to satisfy the depgraph are performed. The described |
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behavior should be another value, e.g. "no-slot-change". |
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Marius |
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