Re: [gentoo-project] Introducing an optional files directory in the Portage tree with an embedded install condition and individual maintainers. (was Re: [gentoo-project] Proposal for add-on file utility (run after emerge update))

[Tom Wijsman]

On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:20:53 +0200
hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:

> On 06/16/2013 08:12 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote:
> > On Jun 16, 2013 9:52 PM, "hasufell" <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
> >>
> >
> > --snip--
> >
> >>
> >> Doing it via regular useflags is just wrong.
> >>
> >
> > I'm sorry, but what's wrong with using USE flags?
> >
>
> Use flags trigger rebuilds. Rebuild libreoffice for a doc useflag?
> Have fun.

If you introduce a separate set of USE flags that only reinstall the
optional files and don't touch the rest, you don't have this problem.

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Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
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