Re: [gentoo-dev] conditional dependencies (was: [gentoo-dev] Summary: Install CD Bloat thread)

[Stuart Herbert <stuart@gentoo.org>]

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On Monday 25 August 2003 1:53 am, Mamoru KOMACHI wrote:

> In that bug, carpaski said:
>
> "inherit is NEVER allowed to be conditional that way.
> Either you inherit, or you don't. There is no middle ground.

Ain't that a pain.  Must be because eclasses can and do add their own 
dependencies; having optional inherits would really make a mess of the 
metacache I guess.

I'm glad you brought this up; it's not a restriction that I'd come across 
before.

Best regards,
Stu
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