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| author | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2011-10-27 22:14:51 -0700 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2011-10-27 22:14:51 -0700 |
| commit | 1decf44170bcec923389a5eaf5caf045e2b4bac0 (patch) | |
| tree | a20c56f08f28da6748259a8061a50ee345805283 /pym/portage/repository/config.py | |
| parent | 1d81304986095ff9b19f851e79e07707192a3c61 (diff) | |
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parse_layout_conf: comment on masters fallback
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diff --git a/pym/portage/repository/config.py b/pym/portage/repository/config.py index d64ad4f2f..19c1aeb86 100644 --- a/pym/portage/repository/config.py +++ b/pym/portage/repository/config.py @@ -622,8 +622,11 @@ def parse_layout_conf(repo_location, repo_name=None): data = {} - # allow None to slip through; later code spots that as an indication - # that an explicit nulling of the overlaying is desired. + # None indicates abscence of a masters setting, which later code uses + # to trigger a backward compatibility fallback that sets an implicit + # master. In order to avoid this fallback behavior, layout.conf can + # explicitly set masters to an empty value, which will result in an + # empty tuple here instead of None. masters = layout_data.get('masters') if masters is not None: masters = tuple(masters.split()) |