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  • From: Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>
  • To: SM-Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] PROVIDES clean-up
  • Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:39:42 +0200

On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 08:12:23AM -0700, Eric Sandall wrote:
> 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. :)

I agree with both statements :)

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