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On 10/08/11 13:43, Francesco Talamona wrote: |
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> x11-terms/rxvt-unicode is one of the program I use the most, today I |
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> lost the ability to have multiple tabs and almost panicked. |
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> I found the solution to have back this essential feature: re-enable |
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> "perl" USE flag for this package and re-emerge. |
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> Just wanted to share my experience. |
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> HTH |
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I'm going to start a bug-filing campaign against packages like this some |
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day. The only description we ever get for use flag foo is 'enable |
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support for foo', which doesn't tell you anything at all about how it |
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affects a given package. |
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There are a number of packages with perl and python use flags where |
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disabling the use flag will silently disable essential functionality. In |
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my opinion, the use flag should simply be removed rather than have what |
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amounts to USE=make_it_work_properly. |
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I agree with the (default) removal of the perl and python flags: |
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http://blog.jolexa.net/ |
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but you should complain about packages that are basically broken without |
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them. |
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