From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.4 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_FUTURE_12_24, DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from femail25.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail25.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.254.60.15]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1EE1118F4 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 21:10:25 -0600 (CST) Received: from [192.168.0.15] ([24.77.1.38]) by femail25.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with ESMTP id <20011127030920.NXDV5057.femail25.sdc1.sfba.home.com@[192.168.0.15]> for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:09:20 -0800 Subject: RE: [gentoo-dev] USE settings for specific apps From: Taras To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <23DFAA462CC6A64487613B0E242D9FF706EAF4@mercury.phoenix-interactive.com> References: <23DFAA462CC6A64487613B0E242D9FF706EAF4@mercury.phoenix-interactive.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.99.0 (Preview Release) Date: 27 Nov 2001 12:06:07 -0800 Message-Id: <1006891569.8000.0.camel@vaio> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: a41cb535-2001-4701-aaee-3fae71724335 X-Archives-Hash: 1fdb6ef13f894f8322eb1e1d66c267d0 On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 08:21, Sean Mitchell wrote: > > > > For my money I think that a command line switch to emerge/ebuild to > > > turn certain USE variables on or off would be better. The idea that > > > a user ALWAYS or NEVER wants to use a particular thing seems a bit > > > rigid to me. > > > > You can do this with BASH already. just set the use variably as you > > like it and then emerge. or > > > > % USE="foo bar baz" emerge foo/bar > > > > I am not up on the syntax, but you can also use += or -= to remove > > variables, I think. > > That would work, but I'd rather see a non-shell specific like: > > emerge --do-not-use=foo --do-not-use=bar --use=baz foo/bar I think this is the best way of doing this. In other words, I seconds this approach. > Makes it easier for a GUI frontend too.... > > > Sean > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev