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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Fixing eclass code relying on ${IUSE} greps?
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:11:22
Message-Id: CAJaTeTrvSCrMZfiA6qZrzei84rna84Xes_GttnD0D=5i7t3cdw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Fixing eclass code relying on ${IUSE} greps? by "Michał Górny"
1 On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 06:38, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > As the 'has_iuse' thread worked out, right now PMS doesn't allow us to
3 > grep IUSE for random values during runtime. Thus, all eclasses using
4 > that to enable features per ebuild-defined IUSE are broken.
5
6 this statement isnt exactly clear. no, eclasses cannot leverage IUSE
7 from ebuilds (and vice versa). but eclasses/ebuilds can leverage
8 their own IUSE value.
9 -mike

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Fixing eclass code relying on ${IUSE} greps? "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>