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From: "Dave Nebinger" <dnebinger@joat.com>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ${PORTDIR}/profiles/package.use
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:19:13 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <36596.127.0.0.1.1129861153.squirrel@cornholio> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200510202216.54195.vapier@gentoo.org>

>> > i still dont see how this addresses the nocxx / USE=-*
>>
>> noFOO is used because "FOO" is on by default, and noFOO turns it off.
>> AutoUSE is the same way, package bar is included in the buildplan and to
>> have sane defaults, certain flags are turned on.
>
> that was a great explanation however irrelevant it may have been
>
> i guess we will have to make 'nocxx' a special case as we strip all other
> 'no*' USE flags from portage

Sorry, guys, but isn't that what "-FOO" is supposed to be for?  If we
already have support for "-FOO", why then do we need a "noFOO" also?

Or is there some distinction I'm missing here?


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  reply	other threads:[~2005-10-21  2:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-10-20 21:47 [gentoo-dev] ${PORTDIR}/profiles/package.use Petteri Räty
2005-10-20 22:00 ` Dan Armak
2005-10-20 22:11   ` Petteri Räty
2005-10-21  1:46 ` Mike Frysinger
2005-10-21  2:03   ` Alec Warner
2005-10-21  2:16     ` Mike Frysinger
2005-10-21  2:19       ` Dave Nebinger [this message]
2005-10-21  2:26         ` Mike Frysinger
2005-10-21  2:34           ` Spider (D.m.D. Lj.)
2005-10-21  2:43             ` Mike Frysinger
2005-10-21  2:49               ` Dan Meltzer
2005-10-21  2:56                 ` Mike Frysinger
2005-10-21  6:44                   ` Harald van Dijk
2005-10-21 13:10                     ` Mike Frysinger
2005-10-21 17:23                   ` Michiel de Bruijne
2005-10-21 23:58                     ` Mike Frysinger
2005-10-21 11:37         ` [gentoo-dev] ${PORTDIR}/profiles/package.use Duncan
2005-10-21 11:51           ` Ciaran McCreesh
2005-10-23 12:24             ` Re[2]: " Jakub Moc
2005-10-21 17:53           ` Petteri Räty
2005-10-21  2:47       ` [gentoo-dev] ${PORTDIR}/profiles/package.use Alec Warner
2005-10-21  2:55         ` Mike Frysinger
2005-10-21  3:09           ` Dave Nebinger
2005-10-21  3:20             ` Dave Nebinger
2005-10-21  3:43               ` Chris Lee
2005-10-21  9:56 ` Marius Mauch
2005-10-21 11:08   ` Petteri Räty
2005-10-21 14:49     ` Marius Mauch
2005-10-21 15:58       ` Daniel Ostrow
2005-10-21 13:13   ` Mike Frysinger
2005-10-22  9:04     ` Petteri Räty
2005-10-22  9:05     ` Petteri Räty

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