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Fabian Groffen wrote: |
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> On 04-04-2009 13:23:24 +0300, Petteri Räty wrote: |
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>>> However, we have toyed with other ideas. One of which is to introduce |
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>>> IUSE=prefix in prefix.eclass similar to the USE=multilib approach. I |
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>>> don't really like this idea because it exposes the use flag and we |
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>>> don't want it exposed to the users. |
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>>> |
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>> If you don't want it exposed to users, then use a USE_EXPAND variable. |
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>> Like zmedico said in EAPI 3 a normal use flag could be hidden but |
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>> probably better to not have to migrate everything with prefix support to |
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>> EAPI 3. Out of the existing USE_EXPAND variables USERLAND makes most |
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>> sense to me but we could also introduce a new one too. |
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> USE_EXPAND does something like: |
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> USERLAND="GNU" -> userland_GNU |
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> For Prefix, we just need the "prefix" USE-flag (not prefix_XXX), hence |
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> USE_EXPAND doesn't help us. Adding "prefix" to use.mask (and use.force |
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> in Prefix profiles) allows us to get the desired behaviour. |
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If prefix is in USERLAND then you have a userland_prefix use flag to use |
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that can be hidden. |
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Regards, |
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Petteri |
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