-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:15:11 -0700 > Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does this seem like a desirable way to represent the "virtual" >> attribute? Any suggestions? > > Again, I'm not so sure that this doesn't represent multiple separable > concepts. It seems to imply: > > * that the install cost is effectively zero > * that the resolution cost is effectively zero > * that the package does not install any files > * that the package does not use any of the (normal?) ebuild phases, and > so does not require exclusive pkg_* execution or pkg_* system state > preservation. >
Can't we just treat them like other ebuilds except for the thing about dependencies? Perhaps more fine-grained attributes could be added for additional specificity. Zac -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkiZPUcACgkQ/ejvha5XGaMEaQCgxq1kW+OJ5tZwPFXXI0rWKmRc PQEAnA7bRCfM/w6eq5p9eS8N7lSQYG7r =ghiB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
