List Archive: gentoo-dev
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:05:54 +0100
Maciej Mrozowski <reavertm@...> wrote:
> No idea whether it's "fast" idea, but:
>
> - USE flags aliases
Aliases for anything aren't fast or easy.
The big problem is this: the interactions between installed packages and
the main repository, and between the main repository and overlays, get
very messy. Working out exactly what happens when aliases disappear or
are inconsistent gets to be rather tricky.
--
Ciaran McCreesh
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