[gentoo-pms] use.defaults

[gentoo-pms] use.defaults

[Ulrich Mueller]

Now that the use.defaults file is gone from the Portage tree, should
we update PMS to reflect this?

Like, delete the subsection from "Profiles", or move it to "Historical
Curiosities"?

Ulrich

Re: [gentoo-pms] use.defaults

[Ciaran McCreesh]

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On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:36:08 +0200
Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Now that the use.defaults file is gone from the Portage tree, should
> we update PMS to reflect this?
> 
> Like, delete the subsection from "Profiles", or move it to "Historical
> Curiosities"?

I'd be inclined to 'Historical Curiosities' it rather than just pretend
it never existed.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh

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Re: [gentoo-pms] use.defaults

[Ulrich Mueller]

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>>>>> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:

>> Now that the use.defaults file is gone from the Portage tree,
>> should we update PMS to reflect this?
>> 
>> Like, delete the subsection from "Profiles", or move it to
>> "Historical Curiosities"?

> I'd be inclined to 'Historical Curiosities' it rather than just
> pretend it never existed.

Patch attached. It's promoted from a subsection to a section. ;-)

Ulrich


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From 97287f9579a70261440ff969ff82fce5e1fe5f7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:25:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Move subsection about use.defaults to appendix.


Signed-off-by: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>
---
 appendices.tex |    6 ++++++
 profiles.tex   |    6 ------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/appendices.tex b/appendices.tex
index 82c1109..0efb760 100644
--- a/appendices.tex
+++ b/appendices.tex
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ it must not be used.
 }{
 }
 
+\section{use.defaults}
+
+The \t{use.defaults} file in the profile directory was used to implement `autouse'---switching USE
+flags on or off depending upon which packages are installed. It was deprecated long ago and finally
+removed in 2009.
+
 % vim: set filetype=tex fileencoding=utf8 et tw=100 spell spelllang=en :
 
 %%% Local Variables:
diff --git a/profiles.tex b/profiles.tex
index fb0577b..61100b4 100644
--- a/profiles.tex
+++ b/profiles.tex
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ The \t{virtuals} file is inherited in the simplest manner: all entries from the
 loaded, then entries from the current profile. If a virtual package name appears in both, the entry
 in the parent profile is discarded.
 
-\subsection{use.defaults}
-The \t{use.defaults} file is used to implement `autouse'---switching USE flags on or off depending
-upon which packages are installed. It is considered deprecated, and is not used by default by any
-current package manager. It is mentioned here for completeness only, and its format is not
-discussed.
-
 \subsection{Simple line-based files}
 \label{sec:line-stacking}
 These files are a simple one-item-per-line list, which is inherited in the following manner: the
-- 
1.6.4

Re: [gentoo-pms] use.defaults

[Ciaran McCreesh]

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On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:33:17 +0200
Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >> Now that the use.defaults file is gone from the Portage tree,
> >> should we update PMS to reflect this?
> >> 
> >> Like, delete the subsection from "Profiles", or move it to
> >> "Historical Curiosities"?
> 
> > I'd be inclined to 'Historical Curiosities' it rather than just
> > pretend it never existed.
> 
> Patch attached. It's promoted from a subsection to a section. ;-)

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh

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