On 1/25/12 10:23 AM, Thomas Kahle wrote:
> I suggest that emerge could signal its various failures via return
> codes.  That would be useful in automated archtesting:
> 
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=400705

My opinion is very similar to what Brian Harring said on that bug: some
Python API would be much better than still pretty vague return code
(what would you do with it?).

Some ideas:

- I emerge a list of packages, some unstable dependencies are required;
allow me to get a list of those package atoms

- same as above, but return list of USE flags adjustments required

- package blocks

- unsatisfied USE flag constraints

... and so on. I think it can start very simple and small, and be
extended as needed.

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