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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] new global use flag and a new category
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:33:04
Message-Id: 200408291432.58211.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] new global use flag and a new category by Carsten Lohrke
1 On Sunday 29 August 2004 02:10 pm, Carsten Lohrke wrote:
2 > On Sunday 29 August 2004 19:44, Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 > > is it used in 600 different packages or just the ones in kde-base/
4 >
5 > Why should I write 600 packages, if it would be only the latter?!
6
7 uhh, no one said to
8 # of packages in kde-base: 22
9 # of packages in portage: ~7700
10
11 if your final USE flag is only going to be utilized by packages in kde-base (i
12 dont care where you put it), then it should really be a local USE flag, not a
13 global USE flag
14 -mike

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Re: [gentoo-dev] new global use flag and a new category Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>