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From: justin <jlec@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Making largefile a global use
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:43:34
Message-Id: 4D788F10.9040906@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Making largefile a global use by "Amadeusz Żołnowski"
1 On 10/03/11 09:36, Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote:
2 > Excerpts from justin's message of Thu Mar 10 09:08:24 +0100 2011:
3 >> there are not many packages using it, but I will add this flag to
4 >> another 10.
5 >> And I think, it is of a general, global meaning. Do you agree in
6 >> making it a global USE?
7 >
8 > I'm new here, but I think it would be good idea to list packages using
9 > that flag with meaning described by its maintainers and your proposal.
10
11 euse -i largefile
12 global use flags (searching: largefile)
13 ************************************************************
14 no matching entries found
15
16 local use flags (searching: largefile)
17 ************************************************************
18 [+ C ] largefile (app-text/dos2unix):
19 Support for large files
20
21 [+ C ] largefile (dev-libs/eggdbus):
22 Support for large files
23
24 [+ C ] largefile (net-misc/freerdp):
25 Support for large files
26
27 [+ C ] largefile (net-p2p/mktorrent):
28 Enable largefile support on 32 bit systems
29
30 [+ C ] largefile (sci-biology/emboss):
31 Support for large files
32
33 [+ C ] largefile (sci-biology/exonerate):
34 Enable largefile support on 32 bit systems
35
36 [+ C ] largefile (sci-geosciences/grass):
37 Enable LFS support for huge files
38
39
40 The sci packages and dos2unix are under my control.
41 Others are maintained by net-p2p@g.o, hwoarang@g.o,
42 volkmar@g.o & freedesktop-bugs@g.o.
43
44 And will add it or not to all sci-biology/{emboss,ambassy} packages.
45
46 But I would agree with Mike in defaulting to LFS.
47
48 justin

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