From: NP-Hardass <NP-Hardass@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Sets vs Meta ebuilds
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 16:41:06 -0400 [thread overview]
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On 07/07/2017 04:38 PM, James Le Cuirot wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 12:48:04 -0400
> NP-Hardass <NP-Hardass@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
>> There is actually a huge functional difference between the two that you
>> are missing here. A meta package defines its dependencies in full
>> dependency syntax. This means you can specify versions, USE flag
>> dependencies, make packages dependent on USE flags, etc. A package set
>> is just a list of packages (potentially constrained by version. TTBOMK,
>> there is no inclusion of any USE flag functionality in sets.
>> Additionally, let's say you have a more complicated dependency like || (
>> A B ), I don't think there is a way to describe that in a package set
>> at all.
>
> Actually you can specify basic USE dependencies in sets. You can also
> specify SLOTs. For example, this is valid.
>
> media-libs/tiff:3[abi_x86_32,jpeg,zlib,-cxx]
>
Didn't realize that. Good to know.
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2017-07-07 16:32 [gentoo-dev] Sets vs Meta ebuilds William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-07 16:36 ` Lucas Ramage
2017-07-07 16:40 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-07 16:48 ` NP-Hardass
2017-07-07 17:05 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-07 17:31 ` NP-Hardass
2017-07-07 18:19 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-07 20:38 ` James Le Cuirot
2017-07-07 20:41 ` NP-Hardass [this message]
2017-07-07 20:43 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2017-07-07 20:53 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-08 2:21 ` [gentoo-dev] " Michael Palimaka
2017-07-08 22:34 ` Rich Freeman
2017-07-08 23:09 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-08 23:24 ` Rich Freeman
2017-07-08 23:39 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-08 23:49 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2017-07-08 23:58 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-09 0:10 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2017-07-09 1:23 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-09 7:42 ` Daniel Campbell
2017-07-09 13:53 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-10 3:42 ` Daniel Campbell
2017-07-08 23:35 ` Zac Medico
2017-07-08 23:46 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-09 1:30 ` Zac Medico
2017-07-09 1:39 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-09 4:30 ` Zac Medico
2017-07-09 13:58 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-07 16:57 ` [gentoo-dev] " Brian Evans
2017-07-07 17:01 ` Brian Evans
2017-07-07 17:07 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-09 0:27 ` Walter Dnes
2017-07-09 1:29 ` Rich Freeman
2017-07-09 10:19 ` Walter Dnes
2017-07-09 1:32 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-09 9:24 ` Walter Dnes
2017-07-09 13:49 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-10 1:37 ` Walter Dnes
2017-07-10 4:43 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-10 18:59 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-10 19:07 ` Brian Evans
2017-07-10 19:15 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-10 19:25 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-10 19:28 ` Ben Kohler
2017-07-10 19:36 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-10 19:39 ` Ben Kohler
2017-07-10 19:45 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-10 19:48 ` Ben Kohler
2017-07-10 19:52 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-10 19:55 ` Rich Freeman
2017-07-10 20:27 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-10 20:30 ` Rich Freeman
2017-07-10 21:42 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-10 22:08 ` Ben Kohler
2017-07-10 23:22 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-10 23:37 ` [gentoo-dev] Auto adding packages to world was -> " William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-11 20:27 ` Daniel Campbell
2017-07-11 20:31 ` Daniel Campbell
2017-07-11 20:57 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-11 21:32 ` Daniel Campbell
2017-07-12 0:05 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-12 4:17 ` Sam Jorna (wraeth)
2017-07-12 4:43 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-12 5:00 ` Sam Jorna (wraeth)
2017-07-12 5:14 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-12 5:19 ` Sam Jorna (wraeth)
2017-07-12 5:36 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-12 5:49 ` Sam Jorna (wraeth)
2017-07-12 6:06 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-12 6:40 ` Sam Jorna (wraeth)
2017-07-12 14:19 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-12 15:03 ` Sam Jorna
2017-07-12 15:14 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-12 16:07 ` Gordon Pettey
2017-07-12 16:23 ` M. J. Everitt
2017-07-12 16:38 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-12 18:29 ` Pacho Ramos
2017-07-12 16:35 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-15 8:34 ` Raymond Jennings
2017-07-17 0:01 ` Aaron W. Swenson
2017-07-12 3:22 ` Walter Dnes
2017-07-12 3:43 ` M. J. Everitt
2017-07-12 4:01 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-12 4:00 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
[not found] ` <20170712000024.1956a714@o-sinc.com>
2017-07-12 4:06 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-11 4:23 ` [gentoo-dev] " Walter Dnes
2017-07-10 20:36 ` Ben Kohler
2017-07-10 20:47 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-10 20:55 ` Rich Freeman
2017-07-10 21:40 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-10 22:24 ` Michał Górny
2017-07-10 22:47 ` Gordon Pettey
2017-07-10 23:05 ` Michał Górny
2017-07-10 23:56 ` [gentoo-dev] Native vs Scripting language for portage speed concerns was -> " William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-11 1:12 ` R0b0t1
2017-07-11 1:14 ` Raymond Jennings
2017-07-11 1:23 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2017-07-11 1:42 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-11 1:29 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-11 2:03 ` Rich Freeman
2017-07-11 1:09 ` [gentoo-dev] " Ciaran McCreesh
2017-07-11 1:35 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-11 9:14 ` Ulrich Mueller
2017-07-10 21:21 ` Ian Stakenvicius
2017-07-11 1:10 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2017-07-10 19:39 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-12 15:21 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-08 22:20 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
2017-07-12 0:22 ` William L. Thomson Jr.
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