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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] adding list of variables exported by make.conf to emerge --info
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:36:02
Message-Id: 4F15B147.9040008@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] adding list of variables exported by make.conf to emerge --info by "Paweł Hajdan
1 On 01/16/2012 02:54 AM, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote:
2 > People frequently break their systems by exporting weird variables like
3 > SYSTEM from /etc/make.conf (USE variable "grouping").
4 >
5 > Example here: <http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=6915550#6915550>
6 >
7 > What do you think about adding list of variables in make.conf to emerge
8 > --info ? I know we can always ask for the make.conf, but it either
9 > requires asking for a large amount of info up front, or increases the
10 > number of round-trips (emerge --info looks normal, ask for make.conf).
11
12 I think what want already exists:
13
14 http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/profiles/info_vars
15
16 Am I right?
17
18 --
19 Thanks,
20 Zac

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