[gentoo-pms] why is '@' allowed in use flags

[gentoo-pms] why is '@' allowed in use flags

[Brian Harring]

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Anyone know where '@' in use flags came from?  Last I knew, the 
intention of '@' was to be used as a seperator/marker for use groups; 
it currently has zero users in gentoo-x86, thus I'm wondering 
where/why it was originally allowed.
~harring

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Re: [gentoo-pms] why is '@' allowed in use flags

[Ciaran McCreesh]

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On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 22:23:03 -0700
Brian Harring <ferringb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone know where '@' in use flags came from?  Last I knew, the 
> intention of '@' was to be used as a seperator/marker for use groups; 
> it currently has zero users in gentoo-x86, thus I'm wondering 
> where/why it was originally allowed.

Linguas.

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Ciaran McCreesh

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Re: [gentoo-pms] why is '@' allowed in use flags

[Brian Harring]

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On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 08:26:47AM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 22:23:03 -0700
> Brian Harring <ferringb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Anyone know where '@' in use flags came from?  Last I knew, the 
> > intention of '@' was to be used as a seperator/marker for use groups; 
> > it currently has zero users in gentoo-x86, thus I'm wondering 
> > where/why it was originally allowed.
> 
> Linguas.

Fark.  Knew I was forgetting to grep somewhere...

Follow up discussion point; anyone got a character to use for 
seperating use_expand groups and their members?  I'm well aware '_' is 
used right now, but it's use is nonoptimal- the only way to break down 
a use_expanded target in IUSE is to know the use_expand grouppings 
themselves, which is profile defined... a flaw I've hated since day 
one.

~harring

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Re: [gentoo-pms] why is '@' allowed in use flags

[Ciaran McCreesh]

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On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 00:29:46 -0700
Brian Harring <ferringb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Follow up discussion point; anyone got a character to use for 
> seperating use_expand groups and their members?  I'm well aware '_'
> is used right now, but it's use is nonoptimal- the only way to break
> down a use_expanded target in IUSE is to know the use_expand
> grouppings themselves, which is profile defined... a flaw I've hated
> since day one.

We've been using : in exheres-0.

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Ciaran McCreesh

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