On Wednesday 28 September 2005 12:58, Jason Stubbs wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 September 2005 00:35, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> > IUSE_VIDEO_CARDS="radeon sis mga"
> > IUSE_INPUT_DEVICES="synaptics wacom"
>
> So, my patch (even though it works) puts these flags into an IUSE_EXPAND
> variable and would require an upgrade on the CVS server to get correct
> cache generation for users.
>
> What are the exact reasons for not wanting to put the expanded flags
> directly into IUSE? If it's just a matter of the horrid display existing
> tools would give, the functionality can go in and IUSE updated after the
> functional versions are stabled. Are there any reasons beyond that?

And a patch to do it the IUSE way. Note the size difference below even though 
both patches end up with the same output for the end user. Also note that 
this way doesn't require an upgrade on the CVS server.

$ wc -c verbose-IUSE*
3698 verbose-IUSE-support.patch
6110 verbose-IUSE_EXPAND-support.patch

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Jason Stubbs