hello
I thought:
- groupreq was used to include a group in the "mandatory" way.
- metapkg was a kind of groupreq but with the packagereq tag behaviour
==> could be choosen or not during the installation process.
but I found in comps.py:
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if node.name == 'groupreq':
type = node.prop ('type')
if not type:
type = u'mandatory'
if type != 'mandatory' and type != 'default' and type != 'optional':
raise CompsException
group = totext (node.content)
self.groups[group] = (type, group)
elif node.name == 'metapkg':
type = node.prop ('type')
if not type:
type = u'default'
if type != 'default' and type != 'optional':
raise CompsException
group = totext (node.content)
self.metapkgs[group] = (type, group)
-----8<---------------------------------------------------------
this means:
- a type option could be specified for the groupreq tag,
accepting "mandatory", "optional" and "default" values
- the metapkg type could only be "default" or "optional"
what I don't understand:
- what does <groupreq type="optional"> do ?
(different behaviour than <metapkg type="optional")
- same for the "default" type.
--
Alain
