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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] A more natural (human-friendly) syntax for dependencies
From:       Michał Górny <mgorny () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2012-09-22 16:32:16
Message-ID: 20120922183216.6fbd2d50 () pomiocik ! lan
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On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:07:38 +0300
Alex Alexander <wired@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Sep 22, 2012 10:58 AM, "Michał Górny" <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > The current dependency syntax:
> >
> >   [VERSION-OP] PACKAGE-NAME ["-" PACKAGE-VERSION]
> >
> > suffers a few problems:
> 
> The syntax you are describing is used all over portage, not just
> dependencies. Some examples are the /etc/portage/package.* files,
> has_version or exact version matching when emerging.

Yes, having it in all cases would be good.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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