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Ben XO posted <loom.20041019T023042-535@××××××××××.org>, excerpted below, |
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on Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:34:18 +0000: |
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> Jason Stubbs <jstubbs <at> gentoo.org> writes: |
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>> G. RSYNC_EXCLUDEFROM |
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> Just a small, possibly stupid suggestion for the future of Portage: would |
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> it or should it be possible to make portage obey USE flags? |
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> for example, putting "-X" in your USE could prevent the synchronisation of |
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> portage/x11-* , portage/kde-* , portage/gnome-* ... |
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NO! Use flags are NOT DEPEND flags. USE=-X does NOT mean that X won't be |
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emerged, if a package requiring it is emerged. What it DOES mean is that |
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packages that have optional features that can be used with X, can be tied |
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to that X use flag, and will NOT be enabled, if USE=-X. |
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Thus, USE=-X means for example that links will be built without its X |
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support (said support /does/ require X libraries be installed and linkable |
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at runtime, as I found out the hard way, when I was having problems with |
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X), because it uses the X flag and -X turns off that support for the links |
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ebuilds. However, it does NOT mean that KDE won't be installed if you |
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require it, or that it won't install X because it requires it. |
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Thus, preventing X from syncing based on the -X use flag is |
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counter-purpose to what the use flags are for. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little |
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temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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