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Bug 4930 - New variable in ebuilds or additional use for "KEYWORDS"
Summary: New variable in ebuilds or additional use for "KEYWORDS"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Portage Development
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Core (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)
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Keywords:
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Reported: 2002-07-12 19:12 UTC by John Herdy
Modified: 2011-10-30 22:37 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description John Herdy 2002-07-12 19:12:08 UTC
There are a lot of compilers available to build our packages (i.e. GCC 2.95, 
3.0.4, 3.1, 3.1.1, ICC, etc.). It's not possible to compile sources with all 
the compilers available. I know that the variable "KEYWORDS" is being used to 
define for which platform the involved package is. I think it would be very 
handy if this variable or a new one will be used to define which compiler can 
be used. I someone wants to have a purely 3.1.1 system, he/she won't be able 
to see the packages that won't compile with 3.1.1. If a user still wants to 
install the package then portage is able to compile this package and all 
dependencies with an other version (if possible next to the higher version).
Comment 1 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-04-04 01:23:01 UTC
db fix
Comment 2 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-04-04 01:27:53 UTC
db fix