[gentoo-dev] several global use flags sb local

[Philip Webb]

161010 Andy wrote :
> On 9 October 2016 at 23:28, Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Ayush <sixpointzero@××××××××××.com> wrote:
>>> I've already raised a bug report about this issue over here [1].
>>> There are several global USE flags defined here [2] that should be local
>>> according to the this [3] definition. Some of these USE flags are -
>>>
>>> 3dfx
>>> pcntl
>>> inifile
>>> sharedmem
>>> simplexml
>>> wddx
>>> oci8-instant-client
>>> qdbm
>>> tokenizer
>>>
>>> Shouldn't these USE flags be local ?
>>> Most of them are applicable to only 2-3 packages
>>> or sometimes even a single package.
>> This would be a reasonable topic for discussion
>> on the gentoo-dev mailing list.
> I'm actually surprised those USE flags are not local.
> Except for 3dfx, I have never seen them.
> And yes, I agree, this is a topic for gentoo-dev.
> Can someone move it there somehow ?

HTH

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