On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 12:08:23AM -0800, Jacob Meuser wrote:
> So, would emerge know that package foo has a runtime dependency on
> package bar *that was built with USE=baz and not USE=-baz* when
> emerging the *binary* package foo?
> 
> On OpenBSD, for example, pkg_add would know to add package bar-baz.tgz
> instead of bar.tgz.
> 
> How does this work on Gentoo?  Considering the long IUSEs of some
> packages, such a naming convention could get ugly quick.

It would be something stored inside the GRP if anything.  GRP packages
have a lot in common with RPMs, so that kind of thing is possible at
least, though I don't know for certain.

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