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From: Jon Portnoy <avenj@gentoo.org>
To: fdnews_gentoo@partimage.org
Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Need a new USE variable
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:01:58 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030616170158.GA6168@cerberus.oppresses.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200306161821.18809.fdnews_gentoo@partimage.org>

On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 06:21:18PM +0000, fdnews_gentoo@partimage.org wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am writing ebuilds scripts for the QtParted partition tool. The problem is 
> that tool need many external tools:
> - xfsprogs if it supports the XFS file system
> - jfsutils for JFS
> - libntfs for NTFS
> 
> But the problem is these use variables does not existing (according to 
> "http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml").
> I would need to use them. Can I just suppose these variables already exists, 
> or is there a need of declaration in the portage internals ?
> 
> It would be a good idea to answer this question in the 
> GentooDeveloperDocumentation.
> 

Local USE vars can be used if they're in use.local.desc. When submitting 
this ebuild, make sure to note in the bug any local USE variables. Check 
out /usr/portage/profiles/use.local.desc for an example of some local 
USE variables (and the corresponding ebuilds for an example of how 
they're used in the ebuild).

Documentation suggests should be posted to http://bugs.gentoo.org - 
there are two documentation categories, developer docs and user docs, if 
I remember correctly.


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  reply	other threads:[~2003-06-16 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-06-16 18:21 [gentoo-dev] Need a new USE variable fdnews_gentoo
2003-06-16 17:01 ` Jon Portnoy [this message]
2003-06-16 19:01 ` John Mylchreest

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