Re: [gentoo-dev] new global use flag and a new category

[Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@gentoo.org>]

On Sunday 29 August 2004 20:32, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Sunday 29 August 2004 02:10 pm, Carsten Lohrke wrote:
> > On Sunday 29 August 2004 19:44, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > is it used in 600 different packages or just the ones in kde-base/
> >
> > Why should I write 600 packages, if it would be only the latter?!
>
> uhh, no one said to
> # of packages in kde-base: 22
> # of packages in portage: ~7700
>
> if your final USE flag is only going to be utilized by packages in
> kde-base (i dont care where you put it), then it should really be a
> local USE flag, not a global USE flag

The kde configuration system (including the --enable-final) is used in 
many kde applications that are not in kde-base. While --enable-final will 
not work in all of those applications, the amount of applications in 
which it would work is probably substantial. I agree with Carsten on his 
reluctance to add the description for all these packages. It is not the 
work required (scripting makes it doable), but the fact that it does not 
make much sense.

Paul

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