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On 08/02/10 12:32, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 02/08/2010 01:39 PM, Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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>> IMHO. USE="X" is for controlling X.org dependencies, not for avoiding |
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>> everything that deps on them, so I disagree. |
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> I was under the impression that USE flags are for enabling/disabling |
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> features, not for controlling deps. DEPEND and RDEPEND is, AFAIK, the |
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> way to control deps. |
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Features influence dependencies. If you enable kde features the package |
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will require kde dependencies. So use flags and dependencies are |
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irrevocably linked. |
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What Samuli is saying is that the X flag should be specifically for X |
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(and not X-related, such as graphical libraries) features, while the kde |
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and gtk use flags should remain in use as they are. This way when you |
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see "X" as a use flag, you know it means "enable X features" and isn't |
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likely to pull in anything but X libraries, if you see "kde" you know it |
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means "enable kde features" and isn't likely to pull in anything but kde |
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libraries, and so on. |
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