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On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 21:22 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 22:19:39 +0200 Daniel Stiefelmaier |
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> <mail@××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> | I'd like to have a functionality that prints out what the useflags of |
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> | a ebuild are good for. Some are obvious, others are not. Example: |
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> | The useflag "xprint" sounds like printing support, but doesn't tell |
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> | if you need it if you use cups or the kde-printing system or... |
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> | whatever. |
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> We've discussed adding this to metadata.xml a few times in the past, |
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> but every time there was opposition from a vocal minority of one who |
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> claimed that USE flags should always do exactly the same thing for |
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> every package. |
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I guess I am one of this 'minority'. The question I just want to have |
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answered, is how the hell are you going to get a system up sanely (and |
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without tweaking /etc/portage/package.use) if besides the 350 global USE |
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flags, and the 1200 local USE flags, you now have to worry about global |
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USE flags meaning different things for every package? |
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As for the 'xprint' USE flags ... I guess the description is |
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deceptive .. its support for X11's printing system (or should be). |
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'cups' is for cups support, etc. |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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