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From:	Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To:	gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Is there any short syntax for REQUIRED_USE when a lot of USE flags need another one enabled?
Date:	Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:51:06
Message-Id:	`4EECC863.9040007@gentoo.org`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-portage-dev] Is there any short syntax for REQUIRED_USE when a lot of USE flags need another one enabled? by Pacho Ramos

1	On 12/17/2011 02:24 AM, Pacho Ramos wrote:
2	> I am referring in this case to abiword, it has a "plugins" USE flag that
3	> enables some minimal set of plugins and, then, a lot of USE flags for
4	> building extra plugins (with extra dependencies). All of this extra
5	> plugins need "plugins" USE flag to be enabled. Is there any way to write
6	> a REQUIRED_USE flag variable without needing to list all USE flags
7	> depending on "plugins" to be set?
8
9	I don't think so. You could file a PMS bug for an extension in the next
10	EAPI. I guess it could look something like this:
11
12	\|\| ( foo bar ) ? ( plugins )
13
14	> Thanks a lot for the info :)
15	--
16	Thanks,
17	Zac

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Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Is there any short syntax for REQUIRED_USE when a lot of USE flags need another one enabled?	Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>