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From: Alec Warner <warnera6@×××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] The dreaded debug use flag/eclass
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:42:59
Message-Id: 42EF937D.8050909@egr.msu.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] The dreaded debug use flag/eclass by Mike Frysinger
1 Mike Frysinger wrote:
2
3 >On Monday 01 August 2005 09:22 pm, Alec Warner wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >>Many people do not like the fact that a USE flag changes CFLAGS.
7 >>Although there are other USE flags that do this too ( pic comes to mind
8 >>in a couple ebuilds, checkpassword fex ) they are a minority compared to
9 >>debug.
10 >>
11 >>
12 >
13 >your USE=pic example is wrong, it does not change CFLAGS (and if your package
14 >does, it is broken)
15 >-mike
16 >
17 >
18 I know what it is supposed to be used for, pointing it out for the fact
19 that many packages use it incorrectly, just as debug is used incorrectly :P
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