[gentoo-dev] abuse of package.use

[gentoo-dev] abuse of package.use

[Patrick Lauer]

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Hi all,

in the last days I noticed a trend to fix bugs by using package.use to
filter useflags.
Right now my package.use contains:

php (ok, 5.0.1 uses so many flags that I don't mind)
pygtk -opengl (pyopengl won't build on my machine a.t.m.)
imlib gtk (otherwise imlib b0rks really bad)

Please, fix the ebuilds instead of hax0ring a solution with package.use.
I don't want to install a package.use just so that emerge -e world
completes, and from my point of view it is really wrong since it ignores
my global useflags (and I really dislike gtk, so why should I ever have
to enable it?). </rant>

I think php5 is an exception since it uses many useflags that are often
mutually exclusive. 

Many thanks,
Patrick
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Re: [gentoo-dev] abuse of package.use

[Mike Frysinger]

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On Monday 23 August 2004 06:50 pm, Patrick Lauer wrote:
> in the last days I noticed a trend to fix bugs by using package.use to
> filter useflags.

it may be a local trend but i dont see why that should constitute an e-mail

if you hit a problem, file a bug, then work around it on your box if you care 
to
-mike

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