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Hello |
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Recently, I've found that certain packages are using use flags specific to that package only but absent from ufed. Take ntp for example: |
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$ emerge ntp -vp |
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Calculating dependencies ...done! |
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[ebuild N ] net-misc/ntp-4.1.1b-r6 -parse-clocks |
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The '-parse-clocks' use flag was not present in ufed. I have several more examples that I cannot remember at this time. |
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This causes the following problems. |
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* The user is unable to find out the description of the use flag. |
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* The user may overlook flags not present in ufed resulting in incorrect configuration. |
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* If this problem is valid then it points towards a problem with ufed. |
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* Bearing the recent phenomenal explosion in use flags having these extra flags flying around only serves to inflame the problem or information overload. |
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- Are these per-package use flags which are distinctly different from local use flags? |
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- If so, is ufed in its current state unable to deal with such flags? |
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- Is ufed due to undergo any further development to take account of ncurses and per package use flags or is it going to remain static? |
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I would also like to raise certain fundamental issues about use flags in general but I'll leave that for another thread at another time. |
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Many thanks. |
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Dhruba Bandopadhyay. |
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