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Hi all, |
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The adding of USE flags is currently unregulated, so I thought I'd post to |
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get a consensus. |
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Current status: a few ebuilds use env. var. $DEBUG, not explicitly set |
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anywhere in gentoo config files, to enable debugging. The portage system uses |
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it to disable automatic binary stripping. The flag is nowhere mentioned in |
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gentoo docs (AFAIK), a user would have to know about it to enable debugging. |
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Suggestion: 1. make a $STRIP variable for portage instead. On by default. Set |
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from make.* so the user can see it. |
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2. make a USE variable "debug", off by default, for all ebuilds to use. |
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Note: Right now there are several USE flags which don't have to do with |
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packages: 3dnow mmx sse build final and maybe some other I missed. Hallski |
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says adding of USE vars should be regulated somehow, I agree. |
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Ideas? comments? |
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Dan Armak |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team |
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Matan, Israel |