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Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> Uh, no it wouldn't. Part of the reason we have no* flags is to avoid |
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> dep problems. Consider: |
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> USE="!foo? ( some_unavailable_on_x86_package )" |
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> versus: |
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> USE="nofoo? ( some_unavailable_on_x86_package )" |
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> The nofoo flag can be use masked. The foo flag can't. This patch solves |
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> that problem. |
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So the best fix for this is not just retaining two ways to say the same |
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thing but actually expanding it? (!foo vs nofoo). That feels really wrong. |
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Maybe it needs to get fixed, but is this the right way? |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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