From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D11361396D9 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2017 14:46:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 203682BC03B; Sun, 15 Oct 2017 14:46:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qt0-x233.google.com (mail-qt0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BE69B2BC014 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2017 14:46:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qt0-x233.google.com with SMTP id p1so27282943qtg.2 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2017 07:46:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rGg0ZhpFaNXOFtQNaARtydlvy0uB1EHhf7f7msmujxw=; b=RVUT7VGTXXv+KZTRzTRL0lZVCbClWp3lgZOtR6AjE+iJ9pHoV6E3p1476aTia4i3MI Y2NaokoObK3PvuizwSfAaohu0yOhtpulro3WwIsjF4S+RWnsvBufcbHOC+Kn9PArUTCR ef+1bqKt94wuzU/Uh9P9dJGoV9BOLPHSBaDMMpydBn+9VBLWRdnUD/KkF+5oZfVCS6sf gPD7/MaF8QqTtLS4+LjQQlZ4MfUUJnvs7OgfqhKqkyKUEbTN5R7xpwF1JSaJJ3oi2aZi derlz/7HyGeHQbYS1iDe4uhNaUsqZK0VMyn+MaRw67MHXWogw/u425ObqjH15QQWYtOL vMgg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rGg0ZhpFaNXOFtQNaARtydlvy0uB1EHhf7f7msmujxw=; b=dsouGFVixF+JsVpFqubILpnexdWaVDYF0Ahr8ZzM3N5vAJl0EWrJZ+/gPFiBx5lebl pqgN3Y8KhY4vpHT66GPoOOqeVM3PI2Sn/MW+kpxDhzlsDiY3SZNTCgRAtZYpVeQz2g+O 81ebMN79b7yFu5BsgLEDomA+Ax5o64X1vuJyE0UTL4pxkyQ+F8LbMnDgNqP2U2Ocj3TM 7urNWG4NaEMzbm/zMkF054G+x8kWDMxU9waKvMKJMZClCWi7GtkVFEweYIFww4aBgfan fNZAotjmldK30sY4rxjc8NusQ2NfEGRMyPF0YBFzvSe1nByQAqF232d2cTdxPS1Ku730 vioA== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaXS+DPXTNdarVHg7wGmlT9OaGfBYEoh5V30HpS6P/tku6EkmGAc yv8cKRmZgskiVaw0Vs2Q5Lo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QCmlZLDoOby6d4/rKJbEaFwkwKCDYwfzondmOESl6AMYz6qjbDqILwVcqnv4LMGeAqYEgebUg== X-Received: by 10.129.44.133 with SMTP id s127mr4458494yws.53.1508078788898; Sun, 15 Oct 2017 07:46:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-74-240-55-63.jan.bellsouth.net. [74.240.55.63]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f8sm2459511ywh.6.2017.10.15.07.46.27 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 15 Oct 2017 07:46:27 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] emerge default opts To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <7b5a9f$98b69k@relay.skynet.be> <94e84688-54b9-8b94-300d-f70b71104332@gmail.com> <53791738-ff06-fcfb-9753-52fc62f469bb@gentoo.org> <4c7096eb-c0f7-bb08-870f-ff5489958534@gmail.com> From: Dale Message-ID: Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 09:46:26 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 SeaMonkey/2.49.4.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: bbc93735-652b-4ffb-ac54-68285943eb1e X-Archives-Hash: 0020b65e07c4e5efc47b1bd4d09cf954 Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 10/14/2017 09:30 PM, Dale wrote: >> While at it.  Is there a tool that tells when USE flags in make.conf is >> either no longer used or doesn't even exist anymore? > I don't know of one. It doesn't *sound* hard, but you would have to > consider local use flags, flags from overlays, USE_EXPAND flags, > wildcards, USE_ORDER, etc. -- so maybe it's actually hard/slow to do it. > > I found this feature request, > > https://github.com/vaeth/eix/issues/38 > > and I guess that confirms that it's harder than it looks. Checking for > nonexistent flags would be easier than checking for redundant flags > because the latter depends on your package manager configuration. > > I was thinking it may be harder than one thinks since I don't know of a way to do it but have seen some who want something that does it.  I'd be happy if it just told me what USE flags no longer exist at all.  My USE line in make.conf is quite lengthy.  I'm certain a lot of it could be gone.  Some may not have existed for years.  Maybe one day.  Just maybe.  Thanks Dale :-)  :-)