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On 24/01/13 at 12:37pm, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> If you built a package with USE="-foo" and the foo USE flag is later |
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> removed, -N would rebuild it, --changed-use would not. |
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> Now think about all those linguas variables that are expanded to USE |
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> flags. Do you really want to recompile LibreOffice just because a |
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> linguas_klingon USE flag has been added? One that you wouldn't use anyway |
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> and so makes no difference to the software you actually have installed. |
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Ok --changed-use seems awesome, I'm sold. Just one minor clarification. In |
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the above example, what if linguas_klingon was added and defaults |
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to being on, would --changed-use rebuild libreoffice? In this case |
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rebuilding would be the desirable thing to do I presume. |
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- Yohan Pereira |
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