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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] virtual/ocaml - to be or not to be
From:       Alec Warner <antarus () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2006-03-27 18:30:54
Message-ID: 44282F5E.3090403 () gentoo ! org
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Ingo Bormuth wrote:
> Hi dev-list,
> 
> what is the rule concerning when to introduce new virtuals?
> 
> I created an ebuild for metaocaml which is a real drop in replacement for 
> the ocaml programming language allowing for metaprogramming and dynamic 
> linking. Metaocaml in fact is a patched version of ocaml.
> For licence reasons the patch is not available so I cannot optionally 
> apply it in the ocaml ebuild.
> 
> Would you in such a case create a new virtual or just 
> PROVIDE "dev-lang/ocaml" in the metaocaml ebuild ?
> 
> More information: Bug #111407
> 
> Thanks Ingo
> 
> 

For a small number of deps ( IE 2 providers ) you can use an || depend atom.

|| ( dev-lang/ocaml dev-lang/metaocaml ) -> for example

Regardless of the outcome ( virtual vs no virtual ) the virtual should 
be a new style, and not an old style virtual.  I would say one is not 
necessary here however.
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