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On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 11:58, Michael Kohl wrote: |
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> A file /etc/portage/custom.use (or however you want to call it), that is |
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> somewhat similar to package.mask (or /etc/portage/package.mask for that |
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> matter as it overrides the standard settings), which contains one entry |
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> per line in the form of: |
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> foo-bar/foobar "-foo bar" |
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This is very similar to what has been frequently referred to "sticky |
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useflags". Just a quick search on bugzilla yields this: |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3252 |
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Yes, a very old bug but a quite desirable feature. |
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In a nutshell, when upgrading, useflags from a previous merge are used |
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instead of the current useflags, unless explicitly overridden. |
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You proposed system requires more manual effort on the user's part to |
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edit the /etc/portage/use.custom. Which is good in a way because it |
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gives predictability. |
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Note that this would be useful in implementing "server" and "client" |
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useflags for packages. |
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Cheers, |
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