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On Fri, 2004-04-30, 02:31:39 -0400, in |
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<200404300231.39292.vapier@g.o>, Mike Frysinger |
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<vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Friday 30 April 2004 02:25 am, Drake Wyrm wrote: |
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> > We already have `use-with` and `use-enable` for that. Was the output |
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> > from `use` ever used in any context other than "[ `use foo` ]" and |
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> > friends? |
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> ive personally used the fact that use echos the flag when building |
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> packages ... for example, a package with a crapy build system: |
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> for vid in `use sdl` `use X` `use opengl` `use svga` ; do |
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> make clean |
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> make VID=$vid |
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> mv binary ../binary.$vid |
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> done |
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That's beautiful. Now, there's an example of elegance! |
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I imagine, though, that our USE flags and other developers' naming |
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schemes are just sufficiently divergent to make this sort of opportunity |
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rare. |
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> we will continue to hunt down useless applications of [ "`use blah`" ] and the |
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> like in the portage tree so that we can transition to `usev` ... so stop |
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> trying to fight the machine ... i know I WILL NOT BE A ROBOT |
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*blink* *blink* |
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This would be an example of something else. ;-) |
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I noticed the `useq()` function. Are we trying to phase out the use of |
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`use()` alltogether? |
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-- |
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Batou: Hey, Major... You ever hear of "human rights"? |
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Kusanagi: I understand the concept, but I've never seen it in action. |
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--Ghost in the Shell |
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