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"Jerry A!" wrote: |
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> On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 09:29:48AM -0700, drobbins@g.o wrote: |
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> : On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 03:32:16AM -0500, Jerry A! wrote: |
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> : > So, I was thinking (yeah, I know how dangerous that is). Is it possible |
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> : > to specify USE on the command-line? If not, how out-of-place would it |
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> : > be to specify USE in the .ebuild? |
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> : Right now, you can't specify USE as an environment variable, it's not really |
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> : intended for that purpose. You're supposed to use it to tell Portage to |
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> : enable or disable certain optional functionality on a system-wide basis, so that |
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> : the ebuilds know whether or not to compile-in optional GNOME support if it |
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> : is available, for instance. |
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> : Maybe if you can describe the specific problem you're trying to solve, we |
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> : can help you find a better solution (or create a solution if needed). |
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> What I'm looking for is optional functionality of a portage-specific |
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> basis. |
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> For instance, instead of having exim, exim-ldap, postfix, postfix-tls, |
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> etc... ebuilds which may or may not get out of sync (like the qmail ones |
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> currently are), I'd like to have one portage. In that portage or |
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> through the use of a command-line variable have the user choose what |
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> options they want (tls, mysql, ldap, etc...). Or, at the very least |
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> have a USE= line in the ebuild that they can edit to suit their tastes. |
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> If this isn't possible, then I suggest adding options like: mta-tls, |
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> mta-mysql, mta-ldap, etc... to /etc/make.defaults and /etc/make.conf. |
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I think that is a good idea, but don't use only mysql or ldap because I'm |
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planning to use that for stuff like gnome-db, php |
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THX achim |
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> My only reservation for this is that we may eventually run into MTAs |
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> that don't support all the functionality. But then again, that can be |
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> solved, so maybe I'm making a mountain out of a molehill. |
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> Anyway, let me know how you'd like me to proceed. |
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> --Jerry |
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> name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a |
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> phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death... |
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> email: jerry@××××××.com || ...It's much more important |
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> || than that! |
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