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From: Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] berkdb and gdbm in global USE defaults
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:57:18
Message-Id: 1485536197.22895.11.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] berkdb and gdbm in global USE defaults by Mike Gilbert
1 Ühel kenal päeval, R, 27.01.2017 kell 11:22, kirjutas Mike Gilbert:
2 > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 2:54 AM, Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o>
3 > wrote:
4 > > Then there is no need to think about what is enabled globally or
5 > > not.
6 > > Point being, use REQUIRED_USE sparingly, and rarely a good idea to
7 > > block things with common global USE flags, or demand a local USE
8 > > flag
9 > > based on a default enabled global USE flag without locally USE
10 > > defaulting that global flag too - and other such cases.
11 >
12 > I didn't really mean for this to turn into a thread about the merits
13 > of REQUIRED_USE; in hindsight I should have left out that first
14 > sentence.
15 >
16 > Regardless of the REQUIRED_USE discussion, I don't think it makes
17 > sense to have berkdb and gdbm in USE in make.defaults. I would like
18 > to
19 > move them to IUSE defaults or package.use if necessary.
20
21 That sounds great to me when done with proper care as an interim
22 solution.
23 If they aren't both global enabled, the concerns about REQUIRED_USE
24 here are lessened.
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27 Mart