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On Sunday 28 August 2005 03:36 pm, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> All of these use flags are in base/use.defaults. As I understand it, if |
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> the package listed with the flag in this file is installed on the |
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> system, the flag is automatically turned on. If that's true, why are |
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> they also listed in default-linux/x86/make.defaults? Wouldn't it be |
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> better to have them turned on automatically when the package that |
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> installs them is merged? |
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iirc we want to get away from the vague use.defaults file ... |
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but either way, the answer is 'not really' ... since the USE flag isnt put |
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into effect until after a package is merged, any existing packages which take |
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advantage of that USE flag will need to be rebuilt |
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-mike |
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