[gentoo-catalyst] A question about useflag interpretation order

[gentoo-catalyst] A question about useflag interpretation order

[Frittella Laurento]

It seems that during the livecd-stage1 build the "global" useflags
(livecd/use) are read *after* the useflags defined in package.use file
(in portage_confdir directory).

Is this a normal behavior or (as I think) they should be read in the
inverse order (like in the "regular" portage)?

I would add a -* in the livecd/use and then enable some ebuild-specific
useflag using package.use file.

Regards,
Laurento
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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] A question about useflag interpretation order

[Andrew Gaffney]

Frittella Laurento wrote:
> It seems that during the livecd-stage1 build the "global" useflags
> (livecd/use) are read *after* the useflags defined in package.use file
> (in portage_confdir directory).
> 
> Is this a normal behavior or (as I think) they should be read in the
> inverse order (like in the "regular" portage)?
> 
> I would add a -* in the livecd/use and then enable some ebuild-specific
> useflag using package.use file.

This is a known issue. The flags in livecd/use are given to portage by defining 
USE in the env instead of in /etc/make.conf like "regular" portage. By default, 
variables defined in the environment override things defined elsewhere for 
portage. Work is already in progress to fix this, but it may be a while.

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