| 1 |
On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 17:14:23 +0200 |
| 2 |
Sven Köhler <skoehler@×××.de> wrote: |
| 3 |
|
| 4 |
> So my question is: |
| 5 |
> where's the difference between USE="test" and FEATURES="test" ? |
| 6 |
> |
| 7 |
> So FEATURES="test" means, that portage runs src_test(), right? |
| 8 |
|
| 9 |
Yes. |
| 10 |
|
| 11 |
> So what does USE="test" mean? |
| 12 |
|
| 13 |
USE="test" is a workaround; portage cannot use FEATUREs in dep |
| 14 |
strings. So for example, if the test phase needs a separate tarball of |
| 15 |
data (a common enough occurrence) and the ebuild maintainer wants to |
| 16 |
download that tarball only if the tests are being run (perhaps the |
| 17 |
test data is huge), this can only be done with USE flags. |
| 18 |
|
| 19 |
Basically, if you set FEATURES="test", add "test" also to your USE |
| 20 |
flags. USE="test" should never be used for anything other than |
| 21 |
supporting FEATURES="test". |
| 22 |
|
| 23 |
-- |
| 24 |
Kevin F. Quinn |
Archives