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On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 11:24:22PM -0500, Jon Nelson wrote: |
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> > The purpose of USE variables is to define *what _optional_ build-time |
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> > functionality* you want enabled/disabled. Hope that helps. |
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> That is exactly my point. This instance is a perfect example. |
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> I do not have gnome in my USE variables. However, the current |
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> ebuild for galeon assumes I do, although it can be built without |
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> --with-gnome. |
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> Put another way, "gnome" in my USE variables should imply |
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> "--with-gnome" in the configure script, and no "gnome" in my USE |
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> variables ought to imply that "--with-gnome" is *not* in the configure, |
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> if the program can be built that way, of course, which galeon can. |
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Agreed. |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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