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=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from maild.telia.com (maild.telia.com [194.22.190.101]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41ACCAC8D4 for ; Thu, 18 Jul 2002 11:44:04 -0500 (CDT) Received: from sm-wks1 (h253n2fls31o877.telia.com [217.208.49.253]) by maild.telia.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id g6IGi22a019367 for ; Thu, 18 Jul 2002 18:44:03 +0200 (CEST) X-Original-Recipient: Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 18:44:00 +0200 From: Christian Axelsson To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage2 super USE flag suggestin Message-Id: <20020718184400.3a35fe9d.smiler@lanil.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <20020718150528.GA25187@dante.taipan.mudshark.org> References: <20020718150528.GA25187@dante.taipan.mudshark.org> Organization: LANIL X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.8 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-debian-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 8671fb2c-ea4c-49a3-bd42-cd6535706da5 X-Archives-Hash: cdaaf65af5c2a81737d5f6248576a439 -------------------- On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 09:05:28 -0600 Craig Joly wrote: > A possible solution: super USE flags, for want of a better name. > Something along the lines of USE="noX", where > noX=-X -gtk -gtk2 -qt -qtmt -tcltk -fltk -gnome -gnome-libs -kde -bonobo -xv -dga (any other toolkits, etc) > nodb=-postgres -mysql -berkdb -gdbm -innodb (any other databases) > nosound=-als -oss -esd -arts -oggvorbis (any other sound stuff) > nofb=-directfb fbcon > noscript=-perl -python -ruby -tcltk -guile > I like this idea, in the matter of fact, I actually first thougth that if I putted -X I wouldnt get anythings that depend on X. I felt that that was the natural behavior but that wasn't obvious the case :/ I vote yes for this soloution or a similar one. -- Christian Axelsson smiler@lanil.mine.nu