From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_REJECT, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mercury.phoenix-interactive.com (g254.lweb.net [209.167.237.254]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5377EF85 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:21:01 -0600 (CST) Received: by mercury.phoenix-interactive.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 11:21:21 -0500 Message-ID: <23DFAA462CC6A64487613B0E242D9FF706EAF4@mercury.phoenix-interactive.com> From: Sean Mitchell To: "'gentoo-dev@gentoo.org'" Subject: RE: [gentoo-dev] USE settings for specific apps Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 11:21:15 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 97c5d22f-e2eb-4f2e-b88f-30ccfdba638c X-Archives-Hash: 96ed8140353345c0ba319e40b78f64e8 > > For my money I think that a command line switch to emerge/ebuild to > > turn certain USE variables on or off would be better. The idea that > > a user ALWAYS or NEVER wants to use a particular thing seems a bit > > rigid to me. > > You can do this with BASH already. just set the use variably as you > like it and then emerge. or > > % USE="foo bar baz" emerge foo/bar > > I am not up on the syntax, but you can also use += or -= to remove > variables, I think. That would work, but I'd rather see a non-shell specific like: emerge --do-not-use=foo --do-not-use=bar --use=baz foo/bar Makes it easier for a GUI frontend too.... Sean