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On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 01:03, Joseph Booker wrote: |
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> On Sun, July 25, 2004 5:58 pm, John Nilsson said: |
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> > Why not drop global useflags entierly? |
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> > There really is no reason for them. Extend euse to modify |
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> > /etc/portage/packages.use. |
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> > I think it is time to begin decentralizing the system now. Portage is |
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> > getting rather large and will probably be broken up into pieces in the |
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> > future. If ebuilds didn't have to concider some global useflag namespace |
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> > it would be eaiser to sync diffrent vendors trees. |
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> > -John |
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> :( so instead of adding USE="gnome" to make.conf, i would have to check |
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> every package i emerge to see if it uses the 'gnome', |
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> 'gnomelib','gnome-integratoin', or w/e other local use flag (since the |
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> names wouldn't be standardized) and add those to /etc/portage/package.use? |
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> that one file could get *really* big, I use *alot* of USE flags |
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I'm thinking a more automatic aproach... like: |
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howabout dropping /etc/portage/package.use and just utilize the |
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/var/db/pkg files? |
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USE="useflag" emerge package |
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USE will cascade over the /var/db/pkg/cat/package/USE |
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-John |
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