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 j3UHsbg7020101 for ; Sat, 30 Apr 2005 17:54:37 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 1DRwAt-0001do-6A for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2005 17:54:44 +0000 Received: by linux.box (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CFD1345E5B; Sun, 1 May 2005 02:54:37 +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 02:54:35 +0900 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <20050430134818.GO8632@kfk4ever.com> <20050430173257.GQ8632@kfk4ever.com> <200505010245.06898.jstubbs@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <200505010245.06898.jstubbs@gentoo.org> 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="nextPart1979091.gQI2XqKTng"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200505010254.37352.jstubbs@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: cf7747d1-02ce-41fc-afef-173786afbe2f X-Archives-Hash: 1760426db0ec83b28cbbd7ed27ca55ec --nextPart1979091.gQI2XqKTng Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 01 May 2005 02:45, Jason Stubbs wrote: > 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. More than viable, it's already implemented... Regards, Jason Stubbs --nextPart1979091.gQI2XqKTng Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCc8ZdxvWNPsk/ZP4RAtA/AKCNEMwMn3iq55VAwySeg0o2eIjkrQCgqW+h Q9qQymM79E7/3E0QILJ95Fw= =K1+h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1979091.gQI2XqKTng-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list