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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] automated extended information gathering
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On Sunday 08 July 2007, Kent Fredric wrote:
> Ok, I've re-thought some of my ideas and tried to come up with a more
> concise explanation
> with some practical example syntax. The basic concept of 'check' was
> 'this will work even if the package aint installed yet' and info was
> 'for working but bust packages only', but that can be superceded with
> a CHECKLIST and a conditional driven INFO function.
as they say, the devil is in the details ...
> pkg_getinfo(){
> if [[ installed ]]; then
> someSelfCheck;
> someSelfCheck;
> echo someversionNumberStuff;
> fi
> someBasicSystemCheckRequiredForPkgToWork();
> if [[ someCondition ]]; then
> get_info( some-cat/d-lib ); # its not on the dep list, but we want
> to check its info status as part of /our/ info status.
> fi
> }
the claim i'm making is that there generally isnt any code/checks worth add=
ing=20
to ebuilds that would be useful for the purpose of an ebuild diagnosing=20
itself to determine whether it is broken and how it is broken. we just don=
t=20
have a language yet to properly describe the process of diagnosing and fixi=
ng=20
oneself. a fun thesis for an AI doctorate :p
=2Dmike
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