From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ESmXC-0002mM-NS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 02:21:31 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j9L2IgQO009244; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 02:18:42 GMT Received: from vms044pub.verizon.net (vms044pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.44]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j9L2Guj5001896 for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 02:16:57 GMT Received: from mail.joat.com ([71.114.140.80]) by vms044.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IOO008G8UGNRLQ0@vms044.mailsrvcs.net> for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:19:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (cornholio.joat.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.joat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E14481235B for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:19:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.joat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.joat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17932-07 for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:19:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cornholio (cornholio.joat.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.joat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:19:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (proxying for unknown) (SquirrelMail authenticated user dnebinger) by cornholio with HTTP; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:19:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:19:13 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dave Nebinger" Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ${PORTDIR}/profiles/package.use In-reply-to: <200510202216.54195.vapier@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <36596.127.0.0.1.1129861153.squirrel@cornholio> 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: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at joat.com References: <43581061.5090102@gentoo.org> <200510202146.03500.vapier@gentoo.org> <43584C5A.6080200@egr.msu.edu> <200510202216.54195.vapier@gentoo.org> User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 X-Archives-Salt: 63202e49-cbd2-4da3-8cf3-15bffa957e2f X-Archives-Hash: 4887915eee37576d2551a5186023bad7 >> > 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? -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list