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On Wednesday 28 September 2005 12:58, Jason Stubbs wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 28 September 2005 00:35, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> > IUSE_VIDEO_CARDS="radeon sis mga" |
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> > IUSE_INPUT_DEVICES="synaptics wacom" |
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> So, my patch (even though it works) puts these flags into an IUSE_EXPAND |
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> variable and would require an upgrade on the CVS server to get correct |
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> cache generation for users. |
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> What are the exact reasons for not wanting to put the expanded flags |
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> directly into IUSE? If it's just a matter of the horrid display existing |
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> tools would give, the functionality can go in and IUSE updated after the |
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> functional versions are stabled. Are there any reasons beyond that? |
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And a patch to do it the IUSE way. Note the size difference below even though |
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both patches end up with the same output for the end user. Also note that |
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this way doesn't require an upgrade on the CVS server. |
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$ wc -c verbose-IUSE* |
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3698 verbose-IUSE-support.patch |
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6110 verbose-IUSE_EXPAND-support.patch |
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Jason Stubbs |