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Torsten Veller wrote:
> Why is prefix not in IUSE? 
> 
> IUSE lists "the USE flags used by the ebuild.
> Historically, USE_EXPAND values and ARCH were not included..."
> 
> prefix is not an ARCH.
> 

While prefix is not an ARCH or a in USE_EXPANDed variable, it is
included in the list of implicit USE flags, which do not need to be
included in IUSE.

> BTW: don't we bump EAPI to not add this `use prefix ||...` test?

We could, if EAPI-3 were supported by portage (the support has not yet
been enabled) and the council okayed it to be used in the tree (which
has not yet occurred).

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Jonathan Callen
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