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On 15/10/2017 16:31, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> On 10/14/2017 09:30 PM, Dale wrote: |
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>> While at it. Is there a tool that tells when USE flags in make.conf is |
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>> either no longer used or doesn't even exist anymore? |
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> I don't know of one. It doesn't *sound* hard, but you would have to |
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> consider local use flags, flags from overlays, USE_EXPAND flags, |
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> wildcards, USE_ORDER, etc. -- so maybe it's actually hard/slow to do it. |
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> I found this feature request, |
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> https://github.com/vaeth/eix/issues/38 |
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> and I guess that confirms that it's harder than it looks. Checking for |
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> nonexistent flags would be easier than checking for redundant flags |
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> because the latter depends on your package manager configuration. |
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There is a suitable tool. It's called grep, copious use of. |
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A suitably complex solution for the complexity of the problem! |
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Alan McKinnon |
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