On Sun, 9 Jul 2017 00:42:46 -0700 Daniel Campbell <z...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > - Sets used in profiles cannot have use expansion, versions or > > anything beyond cat/pkg. > This would break some set behavior, at least in Portage. Specifying a > single version (or better, a slot) in a set is less work than adding > lines to p.mask *and* the set file(s), and p.mask doesn't appear to > support "!=cat/pkg-1.0" syntax to mimic the same functionality > achieved by a versioned atom in a set. It also makes sense to put > packages you want in a set instead of a mask. ">=" or "<=" may be > adequate if you only want one slot or version installed, but the > entire point of slots is to allow multiple versions to be installed > simultaneously. Versioned package names in sets achieve this. Valid point, and along those lines to make the rules for sets in profiles easier. - Sets in profiles can contain anything that is valid in a profile/packages file, less the * symbol. I think that addresses both versions and slots. The rest, like use expansion I believe is handled via package.use in profiles and not in packages. -- William L. Thomson Jr.
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