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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:43:20 +0200 |
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Petteri Räty <betelgeuse@g.o> wrote: |
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> Ciaran McCreesh kirjoitti: |
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> > Incidentally, if anyone is still thinking that built_with_use is |
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> > fine... It doesn't handle IUSE defaults, which means package |
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> > managers have to store a hacked version of IUSE in VDB for EAPI 1. |
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> > This isn't documented anywhere and is highly unobvious. |
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> I don't understand this. IUSE defaults affect whether a use flag is |
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> on or off when installing the ebuild. Why would it need to be stored |
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> in the VDB? There should only be a need of the value of $USE. Please |
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> elaborate. |
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VDB stores exact copies of ebuild metadata variables, except for IUSE. |
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IUSE is the only one that gets modified by the package manager. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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