a new view on conflicts

[Stefan Wold]

Hey,

Hmm I got split feelings about this idea. I think CONFLICTS really belong 
to the module and not to the moonbase. This just make it more complex, 
either we remove CONFLICTS from all modules and use your idea or we stick 
to CONFLICTS, having 2 choices will just confuse people.

Auke, you know the code, are there any other problems related to this?

/Stefan

On Mon, 29 May 2006, Chad R. Kittel wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Well, since I haven't heard any objections (and objections are usually
> voiced pretty quickly around here); I'll go ahead and commit this to
> theedge tomorrow.
>
> For those of you that celebrate Memorial Day, I hope you had a great,
> festive weekend!  And for those of you that don't... I still hope you
> had a great weekend.  :o)
>
> On Sun, 21 May 2006 11:13:47 -0500
> "Chad R. Kittel" <v3rt1g0 at lunar-linux.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Attached you will find an enhancement I would like to see made to the
>> lunar core.  This is a diff that, once applied, should allow module
>> writers a little more choice (and sanity) in dealing with module
>> conflicts.
>>
>> Currently module conflicts are stored in files (called CONFLICTS) that
>> exist right under a module's directory.  So, if 'modulex' conflicts
>> with 'moduley' and vice-versa (as is the norm), there exists a
>> CONFLICTS file in both modulex's and moduley's directories, listing
>> the other module.  I'm proposing that we provide an alternate way of
>> listing conflicts (while maintaining the backwards
>> compatibility/choice of using the CONFLICTS file if desired).
>>
>> My proposal is this.  Like aliases, there will now be a file called
>> 'conflicts' that exists at the root level of the moonbase directory.
>> In this file can be listed module conflicts, with two different
>> syntaxes, meaning two different things.  Both syntaxes are supported,
>> as they offer different types of features.  Below you will find an
>> example of the contents of an conflicts file.
>>
>> dog bunny cat
>> cat: hamster gerbil mouse
>>
>> In the example above,
>> dog conflicts with bunny and cat
>> bunny conflicts with dog and cat
>> cat conflicts with dog, bunny, hamster, gerbil, and mouse
>> hamster conflicts with cat (NOTE: but not gerbil or mouse)
>> mouse conflicts with cat (NOTE: but not hamster or gerbil )
>>
>> The attached patch implements this logic above.  It hasn't been tested
>> beyond my fiddling, so I would like to get some more feedback before
>> placing this into 'theedge'.  Check odd cases like.. do the greps
>> handle things like 'cat' and 'cat-svn' properly, etc?
>>
>> I've talked to Moe about this on IRC and he is in favor.  It will save
>> himself 200 CONFLICTS files with the new XOrg 7.x modules. :o)
>
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