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On Thu, 2004-04-29, 23:35:28 -0400, in <200404292335.28405.vapier@g.o>, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Thursday 29 April 2004 11:12 pm, Georgi Georgiev wrote: |
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> > maillog: 29/04/2004-22:27:22(-0400): Brett I. Holcomb types |
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> > > For the sake of one who is doing ebuilds - why is the first form |
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> > > preferred? I'm curious. I'm working on revising an ebuild now that has |
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> > > the bad form. |
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> > Related to the question: I really hate it when ebuild start printing out |
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> > use flags here and there, because of the |
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> which is *exactly* why we want to stop using the forms i cited :P |
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> those forms require that use echo something in order for them to be true ... |
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> if we convert all the forms over to just: |
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> use nntp |
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> if use nntp ; then |
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> then we can make 'use' stop echoing crap and then introduce a 'usev' for the |
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> case when we actually want `use` to echo something |
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We already have `use-with` and `use-enable` for that. Was the output |
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from `use` ever used in any context other than "[ `use foo` ]" and |
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friends? |
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-- |
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Batou: Hey, Major... You ever hear of "human rights"? |
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Kusanagi: I understand the concept, but I've never seen it in action. |
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--Ghost in the Shell |
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