[gentoo-dev] Local/per-package use flags absent from UFED

["gentoo@codewordt.co.uk" <gentoo@codewordt.co.uk>]

Hello

Recently, I've found that certain packages are using use flags specific to that package only but absent from ufed.  Take ntp for example:

$ emerge ntp -vp
Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild  N   ] net-misc/ntp-4.1.1b-r6  -parse-clocks

The '-parse-clocks' use flag was not present in ufed.  I have several more examples that I cannot remember at this time.

This causes the following problems.

* The user is unable to find out the description of the use flag.
* The user may overlook flags not present in ufed resulting in incorrect configuration.
* If this problem is valid then it points towards a problem with ufed.
* Bearing the recent phenomenal explosion in use flags having these extra flags flying around only serves to inflame the problem or information overload.

- Are these per-package use flags which are distinctly different from local use flags?
- If so, is ufed in its current state unable to deal with such flags?
- Is ufed due to undergo any further development to take account of ncurses and per package use flags or is it going to remain static?

I would also like to raise certain fundamental issues about use flags in general but I'll leave that for another thread at another time.

Many thanks.
Dhruba Bandopadhyay.

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