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* Re: [gentoo-dev] The usefulness of test in FEATURES
  @ 2005-04-30 17:32 99%   ` Maurice van der Pot
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From: Maurice van der Pot @ 2005-04-30 17:32 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 06:30:05PM +0300, Rumen Yotov wrote:
> a day or two ago mentioned that i'm using per-package FEATURES in
> '/etc/portage/package.features-file' ("-collision-protect") so was
> thinking about doing the same for "test" (for half a day "test" is ON in
> my 'make.conf'). Think of putting it OFF for failing packages while
> still keeping it ON globally. Also will like the get some opinions.

It would be a shame if every user would have to find out for himself
which packages need "-test". Additionally, when the tests are fixed, 
the package will still not be using them. It would be nice if something
like package.features could become not only part of portage, but also 
of the profiles.

Maurice.

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