Re: [gentoo-pms] USE dependency defaults and USE_EXPAND

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Sat, 16 Mar 2013, Micha³ Górny wrote:

>> The EAPI Cheat Sheet says about USE dependency defaults:
>>
>> In addition to the features offered in EAPI 2 for USE dependencies,
>> a (+) or (-) can be added after a USE flag (mind the parentheses).
>> The former specifies that flags not in IUSE should be treated as
>> enabled; the latter, disabled. Cannot be used with USE_EXPAND
>> flags. This mimics parts of the behaviour of --missing in
>> built_with_use.
>>
>> I wonder about the sentence: "Cannot be used with USE_EXPAND flags."
>> The spec doesn't seem to say that.

> Wasn't it supposed to be meant for EAPI<5?

For these, the spec says that USE_EXPAND flags are contained in
IUSE_EFFECTIVE, but not in IUSE_REFERENCEABLE. IIUC, the latter is the
relevant variable for USE dependencies?

Ulrich