On Saturday 08 January 2005 02:24 am, Jason Stubbs wrote:
> This shouldn't be a USE flag. USE flags should only pertain to ebuilds. If
> portage is to do this, it should be a FEATURE.

everytime i suggest a FEATURE no one likes it :)

> > - switch to using the existing 'profile' USE flag for profiling
> > generation
>
> If this affects CFLAGS only, I think this is a bad idea too.

a lot of packages have `./configure --enable-profiling` options ... ive never 
seen a `use profiling && CFLAGS=blah`

> As far as I understand it, the debug eclass was created because it's too
> much of a bother to explain to users how to turn on debugging information
> in order to get useful feedback.

that may be, but in order for the debug eclass to work, ebuilds have to 
inherit it ...

> Therefore, why not have debugging included 
> in the default CFLAGS and have the stages and GRP built with those?

debug eclass also disables stripping ... and it only does stuff if you have 
USE=debug, meaning it doesnt affect GRP / default users at all
-mike

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