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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Juuso Alasuutari wrote:
> According to bug #9301 [0], PROVIDES is only a list file and is not 
> executed 
> in bash. I didn't know that. I guess documentation still hasn't catched up. 
> Perhaps that explains why most PROVIDES files still have something 
> like: "provides  PROVIDER  &&" in them.
> 
> Would it be OK if I devised a cunning little script to fix these like I did 
> when I removed UPDATED entries [1]? I already tested it, and just a handful 
> of (already) illegal entries were left behind. Those I could take care of 
> by 
> hand.
> 
> [0] http://bugs.sourcemage.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9301
> [1] https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/sm-discuss/2006-August/015215.html

I'd say go ahead. Any and all cleanups are welcome. :)

-sandalle

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