Edward Catmur wrote:
If the package is installed through package.provided, then I agree with
the *current* Portage behaviour of assuming that all USE flags are on.
Ya can't blame me for that. It's currently the only sensible choice.
(Funnily enough, no-one has suggested dying as an option for this).
I would. Pending a proper resolution (USE data in package.provided),
users can set USE in vdb.
First, having users poke around in vdb is a very bad idea. Doing the wrong thing
in there can cause all kinds of weird b0rkage. Second, does portage even consult
vdb for a package in package.provided? package.provided was created to *replace*
the act of creating a dummy vdb entry (I think that's how it was done, anyway)
to fool portage into thinking a package was installed.
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