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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from physics.ait.fredonia.edu (physics.ait.fredonia.edu [141.238.40.68]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 82559EC01 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 15:03:03 -0600 (CST) Received: (qmail 23588 invoked by uid 1000); 25 Nov 2001 21:02:00 -0000 Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 16:02:00 -0500 From: Nathaniel Grady To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE settings for specific apps Message-ID: <20011125160159.A20581@nutopia.org> References: <1074.24.38.252.76.1006707846.squirrel@thinktank.mediafarm.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <1074.24.38.252.76.1006707846.squirrel@thinktank.mediafarm.ch>; from tvon@etria.org on Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 06:04:06PM +0100 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: ec4169ca-d531-44b8-a3a6-c1d5bf4e4ba7 X-Archives-Hash: df1aaffdbc6a05fed4225c07b514d933 gaim is one example - i *hate* having it built with gnome support because it ends up as a pannel applet then. Otherwise i use gnomesupport for everything else :) --Nate Grady On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 06:04:06PM +0100, Tom von Schwerdtner wrote: > Hey all, > > Some people have suggested that they would like to be able to set some > USE variables for specific apps.....examples escape me, but I know it has > been brought up. > > Anyways, I was thinking something along these lines would work: > > ---- > # Global settings > USE = "this that other etc" > > # App specific > USE-mozilla = "!this !that foo" > ---- > > Basicaly, the syntax would be "USE-". This portion should be > simple enough to impliment, however the variables pose more of a problem > since you dont want to have to repeat all of the normal USE settings for a > specific app and most of the time you just want to specify a USE setting not > to use (hence the !'s). Special vars might be good here too, like > "defaults" to inherit all the global USE settings...or "no-defaults" to > ignore them all... > > .....thats the general idea....comments? > > -Tom > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev