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>> | Occasionally, ebuilds will have conflicting USE flags for |
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>> | functionality. Checking for them and returning an error is not a |
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>> | viable solution. Instead, you must pick one of the USE flags in |
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>> | conflict to favour. |
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>> [1] <http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/use-flags/> |
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> I honestly consider the ebuild silently making decisions on the user's |
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> behalf *worse*. Consider if openoffice silently made decisions like |
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> that- 4 hours later it'll wind up choosing the option you didn't |
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> really want and you'll be in a foul mood. |
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I'm pretty sure it says that because there was no way to fail early |
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before. And failing in the middle of 300 packages upgrade because some |
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useflags are in conflict wasn't reasonable. |
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Best Regards |
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Piotr Jaroszyński |
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