Re: [gentoo-dev] Stable sys-devel/gcc USE flag changes

[Ian Stakenvicius <axs@gentoo.org>]

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On 15/01/13 09:16 AM, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>
> wrote:
>> I'd make it easy-to-remember though - either a one-letter option,
>> or something short.
> 
> +1. Maybe just -U?
> 
>> Some open questions: 1.  What is the correct use-flag behavior -
>> -N, or --reinstall=changed-use? 2.  What is the correct
>> --with-bdeps behavior? 3.  What is the correct --deep behavior?
> 
> Seems to me that emerge -U should equal emerge -D
> --reinstall=changed-use.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dirkjan
> 

Bikeshedding, but I'm thinking that it would be better to provide a
whole separate command for this rather than a quicker convenience
option -- the command would, for instance, also include @world as the
target by default.  As for the options, i'd recommend adding --ask and
- --verbose

The advantage I see for it being an extra command is that it's a clear
one-purpose convenience command; while if we use the '-U' option
there'll be others that will probably add additional modifier options
and possibly also use it against targets other than @world; i'm not
sure if we'd want people to do that by default..
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