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From: James Le Cuirot <chewi@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Looking for a generic solution to non-USE-conditional circular deps
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:24:30
Message-Id: 20150411152352.3cf2ca47@symphony.aura-online.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Looking for a generic solution to non-USE-conditional circular deps by Pacho Ramos
1 On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 16:00:36 +0200
2 Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > As that USE flag should only be used for being able to install the
5 > package the first time, maybe it should be treated in a "special"
6 > way. I mean, it shouldn't be easily changed by users but, instead,
7 > switched "internally" by the package manager to allow to unbreak the
8 > cycle.
9
10 If it only needs to be applied the first time, should there even be a
11 flag at all? Maybe it could be more transparent than that?
12
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14 James Le Cuirot (chewi)
15 Gentoo Linux Developer

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