Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From:	nado@××××××××××.be
To:	gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Correct/clarify SSL/TLS-related flags
Date:	Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:16:29
Message-Id:	`f789112c33ba5328f48dbe71d25b7356@troglodyte.be`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Correct/clarify SSL/TLS-related flags by Ulrich Mueller

1	January 31, 2018 10:53 AM, "Ulrich Mueller" <ulm@g.o> wrote:
2	> The gnutls flag doesn't have the meaning "I want gnutls". It has
3	> the meaning "I prefer net-libs/gnutls as SSL/TLS provider". So with
4	> USE="-ssl" the gnutls flag is a no-op, and neither the ebuild nor
5	> the user should have to care about it.
6	>
7	> Ulrich
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9	I agree, it is bothersome to have to add extra negative use flags when it could be ignored.
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12	Corentin “Nado” Pazdera