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From: Ayush <sixpointzero@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] several global use flags should be local
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2016 17:31:26
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1 I've already raised a bug report about this issue over here [1]. There are several global USE flags defined here [2] that should be local according to the this [3] definition. Some of these USE flags are -
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3 3dfx
4 pcntl
5 inifile
6 sharedmem
7 simplexml
8 wddx
9 oci8-instant-client
10 qdbm
11 tokenizer
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13 Shouldn't these USE flags be local? Most of them are applicable to only 2-3 packages or sometimes even a single package.
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15 [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=596086
16 [2] https://www.gentoo.org/support/use-flags/#global
17 [3] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Working/USE#What_USE_flags_exist
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21 Ayush Agarwal
22 sixpointzero@××××××××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] several global use flags should be local Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>