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From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] "Lazy" use flags?
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:32:13
Message-Id: CAATnKFCHq5o0RqP6VOTgGtnTb3Ntuv7D=OPUxwnQPxGwAj9Jtg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] "Lazy" use flags? by "M. J. Everitt"
1 On 12 February 2016 at 03:19, M. J. Everitt <m.j.everitt@×××.org> wrote:
2 > I would avoid complicating the USE flag system .. it's straightforward
3 > as it is, and has already been 'tweaked' by the auto-unmask feature,
4 > leading to large package.use files and has no support of per-category
5 > files (that I know of).
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8 Auto-unmask is creating a problem here though, it enables useflags,
9 and has no way to disable them again when their utility has long
10 passed.
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12 As per
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14 > and has no support of per-category files (that I know of).
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16 # /etc/portage/package.use/dev-qt
17 dev-qt/* qt3support
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19 ^ Legal, works
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25 Kent
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27 KENTNL - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL

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