Re: [gentoo-catalyst] catalyst's ccache USE flag seems a bit stupid

[Sebastian Pipping]

On 06/25/2011 04:07 AM, Matt Turner wrote:
> In the catalyst ebuild we have
>
>     # Here is where we actually enable ccache
>     use ccache && \
>         dosed 's:options="autoresume kern:options="autoresume ccache kern:' \
>         /etc/catalyst/catalyst.conf
>     dosed "s:/usr/lib/catalyst:/usr/$(get_libdir)/catalyst:" \
>         /etc/catalyst/catalyst.conf
>
> The ccache USE flag simply adds ccache to RDEPEND and trivially
> modifies a .conf file.

Confirming.


> Can we assume that people using catalyst are smart enough to realize
> that if they turn on ccache in the .conf file that they need to
> install ccache?

I agree we can assume that^^^.

I am not sure what you are suggesting for change, though:

 (A) Removing use flag ccache altogether?

       That could result in the uninstallation of the
       ccache package if it was the sole dependency of catalyst.
       Correct?

 (B) Remove the sed magic only?

       That would remove the comfort of automatic addition
       of option ccache.  Any gains?

 (C) Something else?

Best,




Sebastian