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Sven Wegener wrote: |
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> use.force might not be the best name, but it's what we do with it for |
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> most of our users. Being able to -flag in /etc/portage/profile/use.force |
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> is just because /etc/portage/profile gets added to the cascaded profile |
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> chain. Everything we add to portage that allows a profile to revert |
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> some behaviour added by parent profiles, can also be done with |
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> /etc/portage/profile and it's good that way. So, that we're able to |
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> -flag in use.force is just part of the way cascaded profiles work. It's |
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> not a feature that will be added just to support use.force. Primary |
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> reason for use.force is to have a way to activate flags even if USE="-*" |
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> is in make.conf or environment. |
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How is this not just a consequence of USE="-*"...that is what this does; |
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turns off ALL use flags. How is use.force ( or the concept thereof ) |
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not breaking the 'easy' interpretation of USE="-*" because now things |
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aren't -*, they are -* + use.force things. |
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It's one of those "if you use USE="-*" you should know the consequences |
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of it...kind of deals. |
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