On 07/24/2014 02:22 PM, Samuli Suominen wrote:
> gentoo-x86 has been converted to use virtual/libgudev.   big thanks to
> _AxS_ who helped me to
> get it finally done.
> 
> that means we will be removing compability USE flags "gudev
> introspection" from virtual/udev
> tomorrow'ish (only waiting for gnome-overlay folks)
> 
> run this in your overlay:
> 
> $ grep virtual.*udev.*gudev */*/*.ebuild
> 
> and convert them to EAPI=5 syntax virtual/libgudev:= but don't do it
> without making sure you don't
> need virtual/libudev:= or virtual/udev (like for udevd, udev.pc for
> udevdir value) as well
> 
> the Tracker is:
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=506034&hide_resolved=1
> 
What does this mean for users of, say, eudev that needed those flags for
certain things (but don't have GNOME installed)? Will it just be a
removed entry from package.use and a rebuild? I'm on stable so it'll
take a little bit to reach me, but I figured I'd ask on behalf of any
other concerned users.