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 -- [email protected] mailing list
