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On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:26:41 -0700
Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> wrote:

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> On 08/16/2011 12:01 AM, Micha? Górny wrote:
> >>> Considering the number of different virtuals in this category, 
> >>> maybe it would be a good idea to split it a little? What I'm 
> >>> proposing is maybe creating some kind of '*-virtual' categories.
> >>> 
> >>> For example, half of the current virtuals are prefixed with
> >>> 'perl-'. Maybe they could be transformed into 'perl-virtual/*'?
> >> 
> >> If you're going to do that, then I'd suggest giving them some sort
> >> of tag that the package manager can rely upon in order to identify
> >> them as virtuals. For example, we could have the ebuilds set 
> >> PROPERTIES=virtual [2], or we could simply specify (in PMS) that
> >> any category whose name matches the '*-virtual' pattern will
> >> contain virtuals.
> > 
> > Doesn't DEFINED_PHASES==- serve that purpose nowadays?
> 
> Actually, since EAPI 4 we have default src_install, so it's possible
> to have ebuilds that have no defined phases but still install stuff.

+ empty SRC_URI? I guess something like the workdir fallback conditions
in PMS.

- -- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny
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