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On Monday 20 June 2005 01:48, Alin Nastac wrote: |
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> Jason Stubbs wrote: |
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> > So there have been many complaints about how USE_EXPANDed flags don't |
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> > belong in IUSE. There haven't actually been any reasons given though. :P |
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> net-dialup/pppconfig-2.3.11-r1 depends on LINGUAS, but the list of |
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> supported languages is created in pkg_unpack, based on what tarball |
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> contains. |
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What happened to determinism and predictability? From the user's standpoint, |
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there is no way to know what is going to be installed until it is actually |
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installed. |
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> The IUSE thing would raise 2 problems: |
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> - lower maintainability - not really a major problem |
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> - if user wants all languages, it will be forced to select them one by |
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> one - now if LINGUAS is empty, all available languages gets installed. |
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FRITZCAPI_CARDS FCDSL_CARDS VIDEO_CARDS INPUT_DEVICES LINGUAS |
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Do any of these not follow the same pattern of empty var == all installed? Any |
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objections to making that a requirement for adding a new USE_EXPAND variable? |
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If so, the emerge *display* issue would be no problem. |
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Regards, |
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Jason Stubbs |
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