On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 12:48:04 -0400 NP-Hardass <np-hard...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> There is actually a huge functional difference between the two that you > are missing here. A meta package defines its dependencies in full > dependency syntax. This means you can specify versions, USE flag > dependencies, make packages dependent on USE flags, etc. A package set > is just a list of packages (potentially constrained by version. TTBOMK, > there is no inclusion of any USE flag functionality in sets. > Additionally, let's say you have a more complicated dependency like || ( > A B ), I don't think there is a way to describe that in a package set > at all. Actually you can specify basic USE dependencies in sets. You can also specify SLOTs. For example, this is valid. media-libs/tiff:3[abi_x86_32,jpeg,zlib,-cxx] -- James Le Cuirot (chewi) Gentoo Linux Developer
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