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On Mon, 23 May 2011 16:48:15 +0200 |
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Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Mon, 23 May 2011, Anthony G Basile wrote: |
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> > I was looking at use.desc/use.local.desc to see if the "server" |
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> > flag is global or not. I was surprised to see that it is not. |
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> > There are 26 packages that use a local "server" flag and they all |
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> > say something to the effect "Enable ${PN} server support". |
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> From <http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/use-flags/>: |
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> | If the effect of the USE flag upon pkg-one is substantially |
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> | different from the effect it has upon pkg-two, then the flag is not |
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> | a suitable candidate for being made a global flag. In particular, |
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> | note that if client and server USE flags are ever introduced, they |
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> | can not be global USE flags for this reason. |
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With that definition, USE=crypt should definitely not be global. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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