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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 12:23:42 +0100
From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] pkg_pretend USE validation and VALID_USE
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On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 03:59:54 -0700
Brian Harring <ferringb@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 12:42:10PM +0200, Gilles Dartiguelongue wrote:
> > > Basically, you want the PM to lie to the ebuild in some fashion. =20
> > > Since pkg_pretend is free form, it's effectively impossible to
> > > cover the scenarios it could check on- consider checking the
> > > kernel config/version, or checking the active jvm/python version.
> >=20
> > except the kernel will not change during the upgrade,
>=20
> Pardon, I wasn't clear- I was referring to kernel sources, not=20
> the running kernel.
But if the kernel sources symlink is changed by installing new kernel
sources, there won't be a valid .config in the new directory anyway.
Thus, pkg_pretend doesn't introduce any new breakage.
--=20
Ciaran McCreesh
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