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Edward Catmur wrote: |
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>> If the package is installed through package.provided, then I agree with |
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>> the *current* Portage behaviour of assuming that all USE flags are on. |
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>> Ya can't blame me for that. It's currently the only sensible choice. |
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>> (Funnily enough, no-one has suggested dying as an option for this). |
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> I would. Pending a proper resolution (USE data in package.provided), |
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> users can set USE in vdb. |
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First, having users poke around in vdb is a very bad idea. Doing the wrong thing |
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in there can cause all kinds of weird b0rkage. Second, does portage even consult |
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vdb for a package in package.provided? package.provided was created to *replace* |
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the act of creating a dummy vdb entry (I think that's how it was done, anyway) |
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to fool portage into thinking a package was installed. |
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Andrew Gaffney http://dev.gentoo.org/~agaffney/ |
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Gentoo Linux Developer Installer Project |
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