Re: [gentoo-dev] The usefulness of test in FEATURES

[Jason Stubbs]

On Sunday 01 May 2005 02:45, Jason Stubbs wrote:
> On Sunday 01 May 2005 02:32, Maurice van der Pot wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 06:30:05PM +0300, Rumen Yotov wrote:
> > > a day or two ago mentioned that i'm using per-package FEATURES in
> > > '/etc/portage/package.features-file' ("-collision-protect") so was
> > > thinking about doing the same for "test" (for half a day "test" is ON
> > > in my 'make.conf'). Think of putting it OFF for failing packages while
> > > still keeping it ON globally. Also will like the get some opinions.
> >
> > It would be a shame if every user would have to find out for himself
> > which packages need "-test". Additionally, when the tests are fixed,
> > the package will still not be using them. It would be nice if something
> > like package.features could become not only part of portage, but also
> > of the profiles.
>
> package.features is not part of portage, nor will it be for some time to
> come due to the issues outlined in my other response. RESTRICT="test" is
> viable though.

More than viable, it's already implemented...

Regards,
Jason Stubbs