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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] New global USE flag: modules
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:45:09
Message-Id: robbat2-20090830T234708-156782174Z@orbis-terrarum.net
1 Per my thread on building modules and linux-info, USE=modules will be moving
2 from being a local USE flag to being a global, AND it will be enabled by
3 default in the base profile.
4
5 Proposed description:
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7 Enable building of kernel modules
8
9 Existing tree usage:
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11 app-emulation/kvm:modules - Build the kernel modules from the kvm package
12 media-libs/libifp:modules - Build kernel modules for non-root usage
13 sys-block/open-iscsi:modules - Build the open-iscsi kernel modules
14 x11-drivers/ati-drivers:modules - Build the kernel modules
15 x11-drivers/linuxwacom:modules - Build kernel module
16
17 Expected impact:
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19 At least 120 packages will change, possibly as many as 140.
20 Many of these may be simply the via the eclass.
21
22 --
23 Robin Hugh Johnson
24 Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead
25 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
26 GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New global USE flag: modules "Tomáš Chvátal" <scarabeus@g.o>