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From: Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] adns & ares USE flags
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:11:38
Message-Id: CAB9SyzRRVzh3HJtanTZS6GUwisZixE2FTk7LLLzo6fbPcAyFsg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] adns & ares USE flags by "Michał Górny"
1 On 28 August 2012 05:11, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
2 > Hello,
3 >
4 > $ quse -D adns ares
5 > global:adns: Adds support for the adns DNS client library
6 > local:ares:dev-libs/ecore: Enables support for asynchronous DNS using the net-dns/c-ares library
7 > local:ares:net-analyzer/wireshark: Use GNU net-dns/c-ares library to resolve DNS names
8 > local:ares:net-irc/znc: Enables support for asynchronous DNS using the c-ares library
9 > local:ares:net-misc/aria2: Enables support for asynchronous DNS using the c-ares library
10 > local:ares:net-misc/curl: Enabled c-ares dns support
11 > local:ares:net-p2p/gift: pull in Ares plugin
12 >
13 > Both of the flags (except for gift AFAICS) refer to asynchronous DNS
14 > resolution. Could we join them into one flag? I think we should retain
15 > 'adns', move appropriate 'ares' flags to it and modify the description
16 > to make it less library-centric.
17
18 Sounds like a good idea to me.
19
20 --
21 Cheers,
22
23 Ben | yngwin
24 Gentoo developer
25 Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin

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Re: [gentoo-dev] adns & ares USE flags "Rick \\\"Zero_Chaos\\\" Farina" <zerochaos@g.o>