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From: Maurice van der Pot <griffon26@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] The usefulness of test in FEATURES
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 17:33:22
Message-Id: 20050430173257.GQ8632@kfk4ever.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] The usefulness of test in FEATURES by Rumen Yotov
1 On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 06:30:05PM +0300, Rumen Yotov wrote:
2 > a day or two ago mentioned that i'm using per-package FEATURES in
3 > '/etc/portage/package.features-file' ("-collision-protect") so was
4 > thinking about doing the same for "test" (for half a day "test" is ON in
5 > my 'make.conf'). Think of putting it OFF for failing packages while
6 > still keeping it ON globally. Also will like the get some opinions.
7
8 It would be a shame if every user would have to find out for himself
9 which packages need "-test". Additionally, when the tests are fixed,
10 the package will still not be using them. It would be nice if something
11 like package.features could become not only part of portage, but also
12 of the profiles.
13
14 Maurice.
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17 Maurice van der Pot
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Re: [gentoo-dev] The usefulness of test in FEATURES Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o>