On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:46:17 +0100 Luca Barbato <lu_z...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > It means opening a file that would otherwise not be opened at all. > > And if the EAPI is in the file, you have to fish inside that file > > to pull it out before you can work out whether the cache entry that > > might contain the EAPI already is valid. > > Keeping in mind that: > - if the cache is present you won't do it (so normal users aren't > touched) > - you just need a way to upgrade portage and nothing else.
Not true. You don't know whether the cache is valid until you know what the EAPI is. > You: > - have to open them on regen, no matter what (you are adding it to > portage) > - the cache entry has already the eapi value so there it is. Can't use the cache until you know what the EAPI is. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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