On 10/25/07, Isaac Dupree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> One thing we could do would be to implement extensions to > >> the Dependencies format _first_ and worry about use-flags later. > >> > >> How about something adding a bracketed list of tags, like: > >> > >> Foo >= 1.0, < 2.0 [build-only, optional, i686] > >> Bar >= 0.3.5 [runtime-only, !ppc] > > okay, then is this interpretation okay? > > [i686, x86_64] means it applies in either case > [!i686, !x86_64] means the arch can't be either > [!i686, x86_64] is meaningless > > > --> if your arch is mentioned positively, pass > --> if your arch is mentioned negatively, fail > otherwise, > --> if another arch is mentioned positively, fail > --> if another arch is mentioned negatively, pass > otherwise, > pass > > and there would be a well-known list of what the architectures are.
Yes, I believe that's it. I like your proposed algorithm -- the "meaningless" [!i686, x86_64] would evaluate the same as [x86_64], which would be what I would expect. -- Hisham _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
