On Monday 20 June 2005 01:48, Alin Nastac wrote: > Jason Stubbs wrote: > > So there have been many complaints about how USE_EXPANDed flags don't > > belong in IUSE. There haven't actually been any reasons given though. :P > > net-dialup/pppconfig-2.3.11-r1 depends on LINGUAS, but the list of > supported languages is created in pkg_unpack, based on what tarball > contains.
What happened to determinism and predictability? From the user's standpoint, there is no way to know what is going to be installed until it is actually installed. > The IUSE thing would raise 2 problems: > - lower maintainability - not really a major problem > - if user wants all languages, it will be forced to select them one by > one - now if LINGUAS is empty, all available languages gets installed. FRITZCAPI_CARDS FCDSL_CARDS VIDEO_CARDS INPUT_DEVICES LINGUAS Do any of these not follow the same pattern of empty var == all installed? Any objections to making that a requirement for adding a new USE_EXPAND variable? If so, the emerge *display* issue would be no problem. Regards, Jason Stubbs
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