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On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 10:01:36PM -0500, Jon Nelson wrote: |
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> Let me ask this: If the purpose of the USE variable is to define what we |
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> do and don't want (gnome, gtk, kde, etc...) and a program can be |
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> compile with or without explicit support for something, shouldn't |
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> the ebuild for that package honor the USE variable? |
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The purpose of USE variables is to define *what _optional_ build-time |
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functionality* you want enabled/disabled. Hope that helps. |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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