On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:36:12 -0400 Ian Stakenvicius <a...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 12/08/15 01:52 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:39:21 -0400 Ian Stakenvicius > > <a...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> > >> ...OR we could just adjust PMS to assume flag order determines > >> precedence and still not bother with a new operator: For "^^ ( > >> a b c )" if a then b,c forced-off; elif b then c forced-off; > >> elif !c then a forced-on; fi > > > > that's another possible option indeed > > > > Is this something that we would need to change PMS for? Syntax > stays the same, just the way portage (in particular here) acts on it > would be different... For testing, is what I'm thinking, say tied > to a "resolve-required-use" feature? > > If we don't -need- to change PMS we could just -do- this and see if > it works. we could since that's de facto equivalent to the +/- syntax; however, I have serious doubts that the outcome will be what people who wrote the REQUIRED_USE line intended that'd be a very good proof of concept though
