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Ok, so I think I understand where you are coming from... |
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Firstly, USE flags are not meant to have a specific purpose. Enabling |
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python support is non-specific as it doesn't describe how it is enabled |
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or what python support actually is. |
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Lets compare 2 packages to demonstrate... |
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subversion has a python use flag, this flag will install a subversion |
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api for python. so within python you an interact with subversion. |
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as another example. |
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vim also has a python use flag. this flag enables the ability to |
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execute python commands from within vim. |
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_But_ it is important to note that nowhere does the python use flag |
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attempt to distinguish between the 2 types of support. This is where I |
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believe you are getting stuck. |
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The reason for having non-specific use flags is otherwise we would have |
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hundreds of duplicate local use flags whose descriptions differ only |
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slightly. We are not attempting to document all the functionality of |
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each package. It is up to you to discover what packages you want to |
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have python support. |
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> The words is given different meaning depending on whatever I'm looking |
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> at the portage tree or working on configuring emerge. The portage trees |
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> global flag, is no indication whatever I should put the flag in USE="" |
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> in make.conf, in many cases a portage tree global flag is more an |
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> indication that I should use it locally pr. package. |
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well I would only agree with that if you correlate the global status of |
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a USE flag to the number of packages that use it and you are wanting to |
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only enable the bare minimum use flags for the pacakges that you require. |
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But anyway, in summary |
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If you want to find out what a packages USE flag does, it is better to |
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read the upstream documentation. |
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