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On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 11:05:51AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> as for the patch, i'm of the opinion that make.conf is not for documenting |
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> random USE_EXPAND-ed variables. |
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> there is the matter of visibility ... we could add a generic pointer to the |
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> make.conf man page discussing that there are many more variables that might |
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> impact the build and to look at the man page for the eclasses. |
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Can I make a possible additional suggestion? |
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We do already have profiles/${VAR}.desc, describing what the settings |
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themselves do. Can we augment those files to describe the variable |
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itself? |
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Then put a generic note in make.conf about reading those (or something |
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to build docs from them like the eclass docs). |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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