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Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> Here's my question... use.local.desc is already package-specific, so why |
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> would we need yet *another* place to put package-specific definitions? |
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> Would it not be enough to have use.local.desc overlay on use.desc? If |
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> package foo uses global USE flag bar in a way different from the |
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> description in use.desc, then it should list the USE flag in |
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> use.local.desc with the correct description for that package. |
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That's another good idea, and i think it could produce the same results. |
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The only downside I can think of is that use.local.desc wouldn't allow |
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for version-specific flags. But 'equery uses' already solves this as it |
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only displays defs for the flags in the IUSE of the ebuild being |
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queried. The only case not covered is if the same flag is used in two |
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versions of a package to mean different things, and i don't see that |
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happening. |
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euse is a bit different, but still not a problem. right now it does this: |
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root ~ # euse -i mozilla |
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global use flags (searching: mozilla) |
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************************************************************ |
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[- ] mozilla - Adds mozilla support |
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local use flags (searching: mozilla) |
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************************************************************ |
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no matching entries found |
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it could do this instead: |
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root ~ # euse -i mozilla |
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global use flags (searching: mozilla) |
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************************************************************ |
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[- ] mozilla - Adds mozilla support |
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local use flags (searching: mozilla) |
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************************************************************ |
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[- ] mozilla (app-fake/fooapp): |
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builds the optional mozilla browser plugin |
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[- ] mozilla (app-fake/someotherapp): |
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use embedded mozilla engine to render newsfeeds in html |
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[- ] mozilla (app-fake/yetanotherapp): |
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summon giant lizard to invade Tokyo |
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actually i just realized this already works with euse, no changes |
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necessary. :D |
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thoughts/suggestions/kicksinthenuts? what other than equery would need |
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to be fixed to recognize the overlay? is there anything that would |
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explicitly break if a USE flag was in both use.desc and use.local.desc? |
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--de. |
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