On Thursday 07 April 2005 15:20, Jason Stubbs wrote:
> if package.prefer contained "dev-java/kaffe" then:
>
>
>         
>         || (
>             dev-java/blackdown-jdk
>             dev-java/sun-jdk
>             dev-java/kaffe
>            )
>
> would be processed as:
>
>
>         
>         || (
>             dev-java/kaffe
>             dev-java/blackdown-jdk
>             dev-java/sun-jdk
>            )

I think that even without this glep portage might be patched to sort or lists. 
Currently the first get picked. We might want to change that to preferring 
packages that do allready have an installed version above ones that don't.

Paul

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