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From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] global USE flag overrides in metadata.xml (bug 235708)
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:31:51
Message-Id: 48BDA2B4.1010605@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] global USE flag overrides in metadata.xml (bug 235708) by Peter Volkov
1 Peter Volkov wrote:
2 > Hello.
3 >
4 > Is it allowed (good idea) to override global USE flags in metadata.xml?
5 >
6 >
7 >
8 Yes. That was the whole point of this. That's why I started it because
9 Halc0yn said we could not override global USE flags (use.desc) in local
10 USE flag (use.local.desc).
11
12 The devmanual has not been updated to reflect the acceptance of GLEP 56
13 by the council nor it's subsequent implementation.