Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub2 and is the upgrade a tooth puller.
Date:	Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:50:56
Message-Id:	`CAJ0EP43oozFuQ_SKduy94KB-3oha2_6w=ki2P4Ej_WwJEUF1+w@mail.gmail.com`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] Re: Grub2 and is the upgrade a tooth puller. by walt

1	On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 8:45 PM, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote:
2	> On 06/29/2012 08:05 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
3	>>
4	>> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB2_Quick_Start
5	>
6	> Thanks for the tip. /etc/make.conf strikes me as an odd
7	> place to put settings that apply to only one package.
8	>
9	> Any idea why that decision was made?
10	>
11
12	GRUB_PLATFORMS is a use-expanded variable. Portage translates it into
13	special use flags at runtime. Other use-expands include LINGUAS,
14	VIDEO_CARDS, INPUT_DEVICES.
15
16	The easiest place to define a use-expanded variable is make.conf. You
17	could use package.env instead, or specify the use flags manually
18	without the use-expand magic in package.use.