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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [FRC] News item: Changing USE flags for >=app-backup/bacula
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:21:28
Message-Id: CAGfcS_n48L+ahjkmBsf8x+LWEjmgmmYreFKaqf2OK8KZw6wOZg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [FRC] News item: Changing USE flags for >=app-backup/bacula by Kristian Fiskerstrand
1 On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 5:45 AM, Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o> wrote:
2 > On 08/15/2017 11:33 AM, tomjbe@g.o wrote:
3 >> Quoting Kristian Fiskerstrand (2017-08-15 10:37:39)
4 >>> On 08/15/2017 12:29 AM, Rich Freeman wrote:
5 >>>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 5:55 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
6 >>>>> On pon, 2017-08-14 at 21:58 +0200, Thomas Beierlein wrote:
7 >>>>>> * 'bacula-clientonly' becomes 'clientonly'
8 >>>>> This is still negative logic in disguise. clientonly = noserver.
9 >>>
10 >>> Can the "minimum"-use flag be utilized here?
11 >>>
12 >> Sounds reasonable and is worth thinking about. At least we could define the
13 >> meaning of "minimum" here in metadata.xml.
14 >>
15 >> But, looking through portage there seems to be no "minimum" use flag anymore.
16 >> Seems it got dropped for some reasons.
17 >>
18 >
19 > typo; "minimal"...
20
21 The meaning of the minimal flag varies considerably throughout the
22 tree. It is common only because its meaning morphs from package to
23 package.
24
25 For example, could you say that a client-only install that still
26 installs the X11 components is "minimal?"
27
28 --
29 Rich

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