On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 00:22:50 -0700 Brian Harring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 07:23:31AM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | > On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 21:41:39 -0700 Brian Harring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > wrote: | > | > The use.force feature is complementary to use.mask. It's | > | > exactly the same concept, but inverted. | > | | > | And both files _should_ be implemented via use deps. | > | > Huh? How? | | forcing cxx on via package.mask for gcc | sys-devel/gcc[-cxx] | | forcing it off | sys-devel/gcc[cxx]
Mmm. See, that'll lead to error messages if the user sets USE=cxx and then tries to install gcc. With the .mask/.force, it's handled automatically and indicated visibly by use flags being (parened). | *Full* implementation of use deps requires ability to flip on use | flags as needed I implemented this a while back for Paludis and then chucked it. It doesn't turn out nicely, mostly because of flags like build and bootstrap. You'd end up with dumb cases like patch being built with USE=build then USE=-build, and all kinds of hairy USE flags being turned on. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail : ciaran dot mccreesh at blueyonder.co.uk -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
