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 3AD9713877A for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 09:05:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 84B13E092E; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 09:05:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A38F9E08F7 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 09:05:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 978673400DC for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 09:05:15 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.503 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.503 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.800, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id FTuicF0tWTzQ for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 09:05:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5CF9134009D for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 09:05:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XAxuZ-000458-K0 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 11:05:03 +0200 Received: from ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net ([68.231.22.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 11:05:03 +0200 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 11:05:03 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: USE flags in virtuals, to allow a specific provider to be determined Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 09:01:46 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <53D2A6C8.9060900@gentoo.org> <20140726105321.7663d6bd@pomiot.lan> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net User-Agent: Pan/0.140 (Chocolate Salty Balls; GIT d447f7c /m/p/portage/src/egit-src/pan2) X-Archives-Salt: dc58fd1c-e71a-4506-9410-c8b63b23a73c X-Archives-Hash: 1057f500cfd524f38697ab0b83079e12 Michał Górny posted on Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:53:21 +0200 as excerpted: > USE_EXPAND are global by definition. We ought fight with the abuse of > USE_EXPAND rather than make another abuse legitimate. Especially that > you're going to increase a lot of new variables quickly for no really > good reason. Well, USE flags are global by definition, unless set differently in package.use, as well. And if pacho's single VIRTUAL use-expand variable idea is taken, that's only one instead of the many in my proposal. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman