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On Sat, 09 May 2020 15:22:52 +0200 |
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Gerion Entrup <gerion.entrup@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> I'm not sure, if Portage is capable of this, but a distinction in USE |
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> flags needed to fulfil some dependency of another package and USE flags |
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> actively activated by the user could be useful. |
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Presently impossible, as how portage implements the former, is by |
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churning that information via either "plz sir, set this use flag in |
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your config", or via auto-tweaking config to assert "I wanted this, you |
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now want it". |
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After that happens, the information as to /who/ specified that want is |
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lost. |
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At very best you can make some inferences based on the comments |
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that get injected, but that's not anywhere near 100%, esp in turn-key |
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approach, or, alternatively, assert that if a flag is specified in |
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configure *and* something depends on that flag being set, then its the |
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dependent, not the user .... but that really isn't true on a regular |
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basis. |
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For instance, uh, USE="X" (global) -> install Foo (w/ USE="X") |
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Foo depends on Bar[X?] |
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So is "Bar:X" required by the user, or by "Foo", or both? |
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And does the answer to that question depend in any way on whether B (or |
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Foo) declares IUSE="+X" or IUSE="X" ? |
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