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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] linux-mod.eclass: IUSE default support for MODULES_OPTIONAL_USE
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:43:13
Message-Id: robbat2-20180118T214155-267056216Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] linux-mod.eclass: IUSE default support for MODULES_OPTIONAL_USE by "Robin H. Johnson"
1 On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 11:53:07PM +0000, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
2 > TL;DR: add IUSE default support for MODULES_OPTIONAL_USE, off unless
3 > variable explicitly set by ebuild.
4 >
5 > Bug 635720 has proposed dropping this from profiles:
6 > USE="${USE} modules"
7 >
8 > In order to break packages less, all of the linux-mod consumers for
9 > USE=modules need to get an IUSE default for USE=modules.
10 >
11 > Some of them had already implemented it in the ebuild, but this patch
12 > adds consistent support in the eclass, and the followup patch fixes all
13 > existing consumers in the tree.
14 The eclass patch committed now, with two minor tweaks:
15 - accepts many values for false, everything else is true.
16 - If MODULES_OPTIONAL_USE is empty, ignore MODULES_OPTIONAL_USE_IUSE_DEFAULT.
17
18 Cleanups of packages to follow.
19
20 --
21 Robin Hugh Johnson
22 Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer
23 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
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