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From: "Petteri Räty" <betelgeuse@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] iuse defaults example
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:34:34
Message-Id: 469343EA.9090504@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] iuse defaults example by Mike Frysinger
1 Mike Frysinger kirjoitti:
2 > On Tuesday 10 July 2007, William Hubbs wrote:
3 >> On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 11:26:19PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
4 >>> As for IUSE defaults... There were objections against that feature on
5 >>> the grounds that it's unnecessary and increased maintenance. Do they
6 >>> really offer any benefit over package.use?
7 >> Would iuse defaults not be appropriate when a certain use flag is
8 >> recommended as the default for most users for a package??
9 >
10 > other examples that make sense and are a pain with package.use:
11 > - local USE flags (suddenly not so local huh)
12
13 betelgeuse@pena /usr/portage/profiles $ cat base/package.use
14 # This file requires >=portage-2.1.2 (see bug #61732)
15
16 # Strongly recommended, otherwise all logos, icons, etc. appear in b/w.
17 app-editors/emacs xpm
18 app-editors/emacs-cvs xpm
19
20 Seems local to me...
21
22
23 > - local USE flags and changing names
24
25 Normally you would only have to change base/package.use
26
27 > - defaults based on version (feature sucked <= 1.x and then rocked >= 2.x)
28
29 package.use should accept version atoms
30
31 > - developing new ebuilds for personal use
32
33 /etc/portage/package.use
34
35 > - developing new ebuilds for merging into tree (btw: need to update all these
36 > other files in profiles/ instead of just committing the one ebuild)
37 > -mike
38
39 base/package.use
40
41 Regards,
42 Petteri

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Re: [gentoo-dev] iuse defaults example Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>