dev-lang/swift-bootstrap (guru)

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Install this package:

emerge -a dev-lang/swift-bootstrap

Package Information

Description:
A virtual package which provides a base version of Swift to bootstrap ">=dev-lang/swift-6*" with. Swift 6 and later require an earlier Swift compiler to bootstrap with; "dev-lang/swift" can depend on earlier versions of itself, but to avoid arbitrarily long dependency chains on a first install of Swift on a new machine, this package vends a base version of Swift that newer versions can BDEPEND on.
Homepage:
https://www.swift.org
License:
GPL-2

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
1.1 8 ~amd64 5/10
1.0 8 ~amd64 5/10

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Raw Metadata XML
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="person">
		<email>itai@itaiferber.net</email>
		<name>Itai Ferber</name>
	</maintainer>
	<longdescription>
    A virtual package which provides a base version of Swift to bootstrap
    ">=dev-lang/swift-6*" with. Swift 6 and later require an earlier Swift
    compiler to bootstrap with; "dev-lang/swift" can depend on earlier versions
    of itself, but to avoid arbitrarily long dependency chains on a first
    install of Swift on a new machine, this package vends a base version of
    Swift that newer versions can BDEPEND on.
  </longdescription>
	<slots>
		<slot name="5">
      The Swift 5 language, compiler, and tooling, used to bootstrap future versions of Swift.
    </slot>
		<subslots>&#xA;      Minor Swift versions.&#xA;    </subslots>
	</slots>
	<use>
		<flag name="binary">Bootstrap from binary (dev-lang/swift-bin:5/10) instead of building from source (dev-lang/swift:5/10).</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="github">swiftlang/swift</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

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USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p dev-lang/swift-bootstrap | euse -E <flag> -p dev-lang/swift-bootstrap | euse -D <flag> -p dev-lang/swift-bootstrap

Flag Description 1.1 1.0
binary Bootstrap from binary (dev-lang/swift-bin:5/10) instead of building from source (dev-lang/swift:5/10).