Anthony G. Basile: > On 09/06/14 12:12, hasufell wrote: >> Anthony G. Basile: >>>> And when you do ask, is a package that's "provided" installed, and if >>>> so, what's its metadata? >>>> >>> When the package is installed, that data should have been cached. >>> >> Afaik there is nothing "cached" if you put stuff in package.provided. >> It's a terrible hack, unless I missed something. >> > > I wasn't sure what Ciaran was talking about there. If its hacky, then > we certainly don't want to standardize it in the GLEP. >
Well, you have to to define what tools can expect from provided/installed packages. That means either say "you cannot expect anything, because there might or might not be metadata" or say "you can expect metadata for any provided/installed package" in which case package.provided feature has to be removed from portage.
