[gentoo-dev] Hypothetical question

[gentoo-dev] Hypothetical question

[Drake Wyrm]

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Something mentioned in the thread about installers inspired the
additional following conversation fodder. What would be the "best" way
to individually tailor Portage settings for specific packages? Somebody
mentioned something about enabling USE="ssl" only for php, but leaving
it disabled for everything else. Would it be better to do this all in
one file, or in one file for each package so modified?

In the former case, it could be done with optional dependency strings in
the make.conf variables. e.g. USE="-ssl >=dev-php/php-1.2.3:+ssl" This
seems fairly simple to use, but would be a pain to implement (I think).

In the latter case, package.conf files in the PORTAGE_OVERLAY
might be an option. e.g. USE="-ssl" in make.conf; USE="ssl" in
$PORTAGE_OVERLAY/dev-php/php/package.conf. Somehow, I think we do not
need another config file to remember. This also seems like a bug-farm.

Any creative ideas?

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Hypothetical question

[Mike Frysinger]

On Friday 16 January 2004 02:29, Drake Wyrm wrote:
> Something mentioned in the thread about installers inspired the
> additional following conversation fodder. What would be the "best" way
> to individually tailor Portage settings for specific packages? Somebody
> mentioned something about enabling USE="ssl" only for php, but leaving
> it disabled for everything else. Would it be better to do this all in
> one file, or in one file for each package so modified?

it's already implemented and in at least portage-2.0.50_preX
see the portage(5) manpage about 'package..use'
-mike


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Hypothetical question

[Torsten Veller]

* Drake Wyrm <wyrm@haell.com>:
> Somebody mentioned something about enabling USE="ssl" only for php,
> but leaving it disabled for everything else. Would it be better to do
> this all in one file, or in one file for each package so modified?

If i understand you correctly, this is could be done with
/etc/portage/package.use (>=portage-2.0.50).
Insert '>=dev-php/php-1.2.3 ssl' in that file and -ssl in make.conf.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Hypothetical question

[Drake Wyrm]

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On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 02:50:10AM -0500, in <200401160250.10414.vapier@gentoo.org>, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> it's already implemented and in at least portage-2.0.50_preX
> see the portage(5) manpage about 'package..use'
> -mike
Shoots down that conversation, doesn't it?

So, how about those Broncos? What sport do they play again?

Seriously, though, this is starting to become a recurring issue. I can't
even keep up with you guys, let alone *contribute*.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Hypothetical question

[Marius Mauch]

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On 01/16/04  Drake Wyrm wrote:

> Seriously, though, this is starting to become a recurring issue. I
> can't even keep up with you guys, let alone *contribute*.

Well, there are still ~300-350 portage bugs / feature requests in
bugzilla to be fixed ;)

Marius

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