From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67634138010 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:21:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 873FAE06D6; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:20:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f53.google.com (mail-wg0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C546AE06C1 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:18:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbfm10 with SMTP id fm10so2064332wgb.10 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:18:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=eGVpBiJ4athdw8dzU3bAfS6tJVnMvLT/DCQvMhDNIJ0=; b=APq9D6ShRUl2WgnAqqddnBPVxDLu9/gMxtJCVsxhnQKRd/XOZbSoFaHc5LgvJXK2xx EgjkWW31SywtdiAL92yslz90b20rRcJsR74N42mVXXM8mHPQxjFuqPfQw6QBhkDrKGvP q9chLNA+D8rQ/+IsLeFev7t6rejVcw2OAyA8NVoWps3PSmewdoicJUGMwgJ/YYa3t2L5 DSVjiuoBHOI+ryODArnoCQzcquv/FpkJrrvTDwT59nnT4iuTQZEBEQyo3/7d5UpxBlxm kXMkxL2jFzasID6JdR9z/dTK2HjtQIv9jcw0+DPLHA1wnRM0bGpiQ+BeXEHCwokW+lSE avmA== Received: by 10.180.100.133 with SMTP id ey5mr7280523wib.4.1346451527894; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:18:47 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: lxnay@sabayonlinux.org Received: by 10.223.86.71 with HTTP; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:18:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <50413399.4030000@gentoo.org> References: <50411874.4060204@gentoo.org> <20120831214611.088b3f50@googlemail.com> <5041288A.6030802@gentoo.org> <50413399.4030000@gentoo.org> From: Fabio Erculiani Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 00:18:07 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ZAi3uoVAkCRTLIKYgDJelql_sYY Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] HDEPEND (host dependencies for cross-compilation) for EAPI 5? To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmJLNnsNe2s7Wd7+byLgc1zI+o+n5tT3qKQ72o8pXWUjPO6+FoNHli7mRADFHozFdoSqhgY X-Archives-Salt: 227cc85c-8cd1-4dc0-89cb-f7adb073f1da X-Archives-Hash: 138d9b7b9bd06e21e600f2e2a6af4bd7 On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Zac Medico wrote: > > For optional dependencies, I'm pretty happy with the "runtime-switchable > USE flags" proposal: > > https://gist.github.com/2945569 runtime-switchable USE flags for optional dependencies o.O? It sounds like using a spoon to eat spaghetti to me. I think SDEPEND is a much simpler approach to the issue, why introducing a new kind of USE flags to address what really belongs to *DEPEND? > -- > Thanks, > Zac > -- Fabio Erculiani