On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 10:18:14PM +0900, Jason Stubbs wrote: > > ``Display-If-Installed:`` > > ?? ?? A dependency atom or simple package name (for example, > > ?? ?? ``<dev-lang/php-5_alpha`` or ``net-www/apache``). If the user has the > > ?? ?? package specified installed, the news item should be displayed. > > > > ``Display-If-Keyword:`` > > ?? ?? A keyword [#glep-22]_ name, for example ``mips``. If the user is on > > the > > ?? ?? arch in question, the news item should be displayed. > > > > ``Display-If-Profile:`` > > ?? ?? A profile path, for example ``default-linux/sparc/sparc64/server``. > > If > > ?? ?? the user is using the exact profile in question, the news item should > > be > > ?? ?? displayed. This header may be used to replace ``deprecated`` files in > > ?? ?? the future. > > Isn't keyword just a generalization of profile? Why have both? You would have to specify a common subprofile, and have the code know to dig through the ancestors of a profile.
Breaks down when dealing with profiles that lack a common base (conversion from flat profiles to cascaded for example). ~harring
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