Re: [gentoo-dev] The usefulness of test in FEATURES

[Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@gentoo.org>]

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On Sunday 01 May 2005 02:32, Maurice van der Pot wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 06:30:05PM +0300, Rumen Yotov wrote:
> > a day or two ago mentioned that i'm using per-package FEATURES in
> > '/etc/portage/package.features-file' ("-collision-protect") so was
> > thinking about doing the same for "test" (for half a day "test" is ON in
> > my 'make.conf'). Think of putting it OFF for failing packages while
> > still keeping it ON globally. Also will like the get some opinions.
>
> It would be a shame if every user would have to find out for himself
> which packages need "-test". Additionally, when the tests are fixed,
> the package will still not be using them. It would be nice if something
> like package.features could become not only part of portage, but also
> of the profiles.

package.features is not part of portage, nor will it be for some time to come 
due to the issues outlined in my other response. RESTRICT="test" is viable 
though.

Regards,
Jason Stubbs

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