[gentoo-dev] /etc/use.d/

[gentoo-dev] /etc/use.d/

[Per Wigren]

I have a suggestion on how the USE variable should work (IMHO of course)..

We could place all defaults in /etc/use.d/default.

If an application is installed with USE-variables that differ from default, 
for example if installing with:
# USE="-gtk sdl" emerge theapp
it would create the file /etc/use.d/theapp ( ${PN} ), which would contain:
-gtk
sdl

When doing "emerge -u world" later and theapp is about to be updated, it will 
be compiled with USE="-gtk sdl" like before...

Does this sound like a good idea?

// Wigren

Re: [gentoo-dev] /etc/use.d/

[Wout Mertens]

Check out /var/db/pkg/<group>/<pkg>/USE :)

All portage needs to do is reuse it. I don't know if that is the case...

Wout.

On Tue, 21 May 2002, Per Wigren wrote:

> I have a suggestion on how the USE variable should work (IMHO of course)..
>
> We could place all defaults in /etc/use.d/default.
>
> If an application is installed with USE-variables that differ from default,
> for example if installing with:
> # USE="-gtk sdl" emerge theapp
> it would create the file /etc/use.d/theapp ( ${PN} ), which would contain:
> -gtk
> sdl
>
> When doing "emerge -u world" later and theapp is about to be updated, it will
> be compiled with USE="-gtk sdl" like before...
>
> Does this sound like a good idea?
>
> // Wigren
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Re: [gentoo-dev] /etc/use.d/

[Bruce A. Locke]

Yes, just use the USE file stored with the package information and add a
--ignore-stored-use command line flag or something... Just needs for
someone to add it to portage.  Much easier and much more logical. :)

On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 19:32, Wout Mertens wrote:
> Check out /var/db/pkg/<group>/<pkg>/USE :)
> 
> All portage needs to do is reuse it. I don't know if that is the case...
> 
> Wout.
> 
> On Tue, 21 May 2002, Per Wigren wrote:
> 
> > I have a suggestion on how the USE variable should work (IMHO of course)..
> >
> > We could place all defaults in /etc/use.d/default.
> >
> > If an application is installed with USE-variables that differ from default,
> > for example if installing with:
> > # USE="-gtk sdl" emerge theapp
> > it would create the file /etc/use.d/theapp ( ${PN} ), which would contain:
> > -gtk
> > sdl
> >
> > When doing "emerge -u world" later and theapp is about to be updated, it will
> > be compiled with USE="-gtk sdl" like before...
> >
> > Does this sound like a good idea?
> >
> > // Wigren
> > _______________________________________________
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> > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
> >
> 
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