This is a shame, for sure. Being able to build binary packages with portage, that can include such meta-information, would be a huge asset to using gentoo as a meta-distribution, as it is so often claimed to be.
On 5/30/05, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 18:01 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > > I want to know what, if any, information about the package's build > > environment is stored in the package binary and what, if any, of the > > information is used by portage/emerge to decide when to use a binary > > package. > > > > I've got a suspision that emerge/portage just matches based on package > > name/version, this makes binary packaging much less useful, IMHO. > > Based on my experience, the use flag for binaries does not propagate. > Hence, if you use a pre-built binary and you don't like the USE flag, > used, it's not gonna be helpful to you. > > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think those binary packages > propagate into /var/db as well. (IF they do, I think they might not > reflect the actual USE flags used to built the binary. > > > > -- > Ow Mun Heng > Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM > 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! > Neuromancer 17:02:29 up 2 days, 8:47, 8 users, load average: 1.68, 1.84, > 1.63 > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
