On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 21:38:33 +0100 Paul de Vrieze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
| Then explain people that doing this is not the way.

Have done, repeatedly, as have many others.

| And is it really a qualityissue? In all cases? There must be cases
| where the problem is package + arch + useflag specific, and this
| solution "solves" it.

This is most definitely a quality issue in cases where it is misused.
See my reply to Grobian for why it's a huge problem. And yes, there are
legit cases of using !arch? inside DEPEND, which is what makes it even
harder to detect deliberate repoman circumvention.

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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat)
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