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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] HDEPEND (host dependencies for cross-compilation) for EAPI 5?
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:11:59
Message-Id: 20120901000738.78198cd4@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] HDEPEND (host dependencies for cross-compilation) for EAPI 5? by Zac Medico
1 On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:03:25 -0700
2 Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote:
3 > > runtime-switchable USE flags for optional dependencies o.O? It
4 > > sounds like using a spoon to eat spaghetti to me.
5 >
6 > All suggested deps are not equal, so USE flags give you the ability to
7 > pick and choose the ones that you want.
8
9 So does --take / --ignore with suggested dependencies, with the added
10 advantage that suggested packages don't end up being brought in without
11 user request just because a user has a particular use flag enabled
12 globally.
13
14 --
15 Ciaran McCreesh

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