On 04/02/2015 09:32 AM, Rich Freeman wrote:
Out of curiosity, what is keeping us from having USE flag dependencies
handled dynamically, in the same way that package dependencies are?
If portage can figure out that I need libxml2 installed even if I
don't put it in /var/lib/portage/world, why
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Kent Fredric kentfred...@gmail.com wrote:
So I'm basically having trouble with groking the logic you're proposing of
add a new use flag - implied change of useflag - rebuild when
useflags change - but don't rebuild for this useflag change using some
kind of
Out of curiosity, what is keeping us from having USE flag dependencies
handled dynamically, in the same way that package dependencies are?
If portage can figure out that I need libxml2 installed even if I
don't put it in /var/lib/portage/world, why can't it figure out that I
need it built with
On 3 April 2015 at 05:32, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote:
Out of curiosity, what is keeping us from having USE flag dependencies
handled dynamically, in the same way that package dependencies are?
If portage can figure out that I need libxml2 installed even if I
don't put it in
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Kent Fredric kentfred...@gmail.com wrote:
On 3 April 2015 at 05:32, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote:
Out of curiosity, what is keeping us from having USE flag dependencies
handled dynamically, in the same way that package dependencies are?
If portage can
On 3 April 2015 at 06:32, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote:
Why is this necessary? If a USE flag changes, just rebuild the
application.
Isn't the nature of your proposal,( that is, dynamic deps for USE flags )
inherently Use flags change, _dont_ rebuild the application ? :)
It may help
