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On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 10:08:45AM -0500, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> > On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 02:05:37AM -0500, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> >>Could we by chance, mandate some sort of comment field in that file not |
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> >>unlike package.mask? |
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> > what really needs explanation ? i mean, why do you need a comment for say: |
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> > aalib media-libs/aalib |
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> > canna app-i18n/canna |
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> > and every package in there is the same way |
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> Because I want to know WHY this flag is required to be in use.defaults |
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> vs a normal flag? Because maybe flags were added in the past to cover |
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> situation X and now that situation is fixed another way and we can pull |
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> the flag out of use.defaults |
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i think you're confusing use.defaults with the USE in profile make.defaults |
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use.defaults is there to simply automatically enable USE flags if a package is |
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installled, nothing more and nothing less |
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> >>I'm also a bit worried that things were placed in there a while ago and |
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> >>are no longer needed, may also be a good idea to date the entries. |
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> > like what ? dating is pointless imo, use `cvs ann` :P |
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> Right..cvs ann...how do I do that from viewCVS again? :) |
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well, if i had to guess, i'd say try clicking the link that says '(annotate)' |
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> In the end I just wonder at the use of these things. They are both |
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> helpful and bad. |
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if you want to start a thread about punting use.defaults, then do it ... |
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trying to slowly bleed the file of entries is dumb |
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-mike |
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