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

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

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

[Fred Van Andel]

"gentoo@codewordt.co.uk" <gentoo@codewordt.co.uk> wrote:
(07/22/2003 13:43)
>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.

The parse-clocks flag is not defined in either /usr/portage/profile/use.desc or the /usr/portage/profiles/local.use.desc files where it is supposed to be.  The only mention of the flag seems to be in the ebuild.  So therefore as far as ufed is concerned that flag doesnt exist.

The creater of the ebuild needs to modify one of the above mentioned files to include the flag, ufed will then automatically show it.

Fred Van Andel
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[gentoo-dev] Re: Local/per-package use flags absent from UFED

[Michael Sterrett -Mr. Bones.-]

Well, repoman complains about it so let's take a look at cvs log and see
who to complain to:

revision 1.2
date: 2003/06/26 14:45:57;  author: vapier;  state: Exp;  lines: +6 -2
add parse clock support

Looks like vapier to me.

/me spanks Spanky. ;-)

Michael Sterrett
  -Mr. Bones.-
msterret@gentoo.org

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Fred Van Andel wrote:

> 
> "gentoo@codewordt.co.uk" <gentoo@codewordt.co.uk> wrote:
> (07/22/2003 13:43)
> >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.
> 
> The parse-clocks flag is not defined in either /usr/portage/profile/use.desc or the /usr/portage/profiles/local.use.desc files where it is supposed to be.  The only mention of the flag seems to be in the ebuild.  So therefore as far as ufed is concerned that flag doesnt exist.
> 
> The creater of the ebuild needs to modify one of the above mentioned files to include the flag, ufed will then automatically show it.
> 
> Fred Van Andel
> fava@gentoo.org
> GPG KeyID: 76526AD599455482  
> GPG fingerprint: 64E4 4BAB 9C99 D565 3E3C F5D0 7652 6AD5 9945 5482
> 
> 
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