From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j3UHj7hD007673 for ; Sat, 30 Apr 2005 17:45:07 GMT Received: from p061204005216.ppp.prin.ne.jp ([61.204.5.216] helo=linux.box) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1DRw1h-0006nw-Nh for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2005 17:45:15 +0000 Received: by linux.box (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E261045E5C; Sun, 1 May 2005 02:45:07 +0900 (JST) From: Jason Stubbs To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] The usefulness of test in FEATURES Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 02:45:03 +0900 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <20050430134818.GO8632@kfk4ever.com> <4273A47D.3050806@dir.bg> <20050430173257.GQ8632@kfk4ever.com> In-Reply-To: <20050430173257.GQ8632@kfk4ever.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1368783.Gz0cG3Wc1U"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200505010245.06898.jstubbs@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: 507c82a5-eba8-42ac-acb4-130c3fc7ad0e X-Archives-Hash: 100910e157d54fa631463241d5a4ffcb --nextPart1368783.Gz0cG3Wc1U Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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 co= me=20 due to the issues outlined in my other response. RESTRICT=3D"test" is viabl= e=20 though. Regards, Jason Stubbs --nextPart1368783.Gz0cG3Wc1U Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCc8QixvWNPsk/ZP4RAhT4AJ0QbjTupCUmYo4hVtVP5Yp+HZ3CYwCghe0a apdtHLqnNRJFuDdubd7snDg= =1juI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1368783.Gz0cG3Wc1U-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list