* Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Add HEXCHAT_PLUGINS to USE_EXPAND
@ 2013-03-28 22:49 99% ` Denis M.
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From: Denis M. @ 2013-03-28 22:49 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
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On 03/28/2013 02:56 PM, Zac Medico wrote:
> On 03/27/2013 05:52 AM, Gilles Dartiguelongue wrote:
>> Le mardi 26 mars 2013 à 22:28 +0100, Denis M. a écrit :
>>> On 03/21/2013 02:09 PM, Denis M. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello, I'd want to ask if it's possible and a good idea to add
>>>> HEXCHAT_PLUGINS to the global USE_EXPAND var.
>>>>
>>>> HEXCHAT_PLUGINS has been created as a user (and maintainer) request
>>>> in bug 461972 [1] to handle easily the net-irc/hexchat plugins that
>>>> this package offers, which are: checksum, doat, fishlim and sysinfo.
>>>>
>>>> The purposed ebuild can be found on the bug's attached files list.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Denis M. (Phr33d0m)
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461972
>>> Bump.
>>>
>>> Hi again, could I get a decisive answer on this please?
>> That does not sound like a bad idea, however I wonder how this extends
>> exactly if we start to do this for ebuilds which install a couple of
>> plugins behind a few regular USE flags nowadays like rhythmbox, abiword,
>> etc.
> The only potential problem that I can think of is that it bloats the
> environment with an extra variable that's exported to all ebuilds. With
> older kernels, environment bloat triggered E2BIG errors, as reported in
> this bug:
>
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262647
Thanks for your replies. As I commented on the hexchat bug, I've decided
to use plain USE flags like plugin-<...> to handle this situation.
Also, now I have a better understanding of when to use USE_EXPAND.
Regards,
Denis M. (Phr33d0m)
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