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An ebuild should be completely automated. I should be able to emerge a |
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huge list of things and come back in a day with them all compiled and |
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installed. That means you cannot require human input. |
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USE flags are the main way to configure pagkage. Please read |
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/usr/portage/profiles/use.desc for a full list. |
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Also, autodetecting things about the current system should be advoided. |
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We want to be able to build a PPC package on a x86 box. |
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Basicly if it's set in /etc/make.conf you can use it for configuration |
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purposes. |
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Sandy McArthur |
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