On Sat, 2 Feb 2013 23:33:26 +0000 "Aaron W. Swenson" <titanof...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> After years of "if use test ; then ..." just working when > FEATURES="test" is declared, it isn't working with EAPI5. I think we > could save some bytes and headaches if we just add "test" to > IUSE_IMPLICIT. > > Portage's emerge's "--newuse" option won't be affected by this. From > `man emerge`: > > NOTE: This option ignores the state of the "test" USE flag, since > > that flag has a special binding to FEATURES="test" (see make.conf(5) > > for more information about FEATURES settings). > > What say you? > That test shouldn't be a useflag in the first place, that there should be a TESTDEPEND and a dedicatated function defined in PMS to let the ebuild check if src_test will be executed. 'test' as we use it is pretty much a hack. Another note, 'if use test; then' is often very similar in nature to conditional patching and should be avoided where reasonably possible. Either way, I'm against adding test to IMPLICIT_IUSE on the basis of 'I was lazy and want to continue to do so'. Regards Ralph
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