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From: Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Local USE defaults
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:12:42
Message-Id: 4304B293.4030305@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild design issue regarding some {I need the lib and api only}-DEPENDs by Brian Harring
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4 Brian Harring wrote:
5 | Kind of curious about people's opinion on the IUSE default use flag
6 | thing, initial syntax was (using the above example)
7 | IUSE="+client server"
8 | with client defaulting to on unless the user's config disables it-
9 | note, strictly enabling from IUSE, no auto-negation.
10 | I forgot to add this, but it's a 10 line change if people still view
11 | it as worthwhile.
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13 Yes, very. Saves us from hacky local USE flag handling by naming them
14 no* or adding them to profiles.
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16 Thanks,
17 Donnie
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Local USE defaults Brian Harring <ferringb@g.o>