On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:49:26 +0100 Simon Stelling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> R Hill wrote: > > a global USE flag duplicated in use.local.desc could be used to > > give specific information about exactly what effect the flag has on > > a certain package, or if for some reason it does differ slightly > > from the global meaning. > > > > global use flags (searching: doc) > > ************************************************************ > > [- ] doc - Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc) > > > > local use flags (searching: doc) > > ************************************************************ > > [- ] doc (app-examples/fakeapp): > > Build user manuals in PDF format (requires ps2pdf) > > That'd be bad practice. When a new global use flag is made, the > requirement is that all local use flags which would get united have > *the same meaning*. If the meaning is the same, it doesn't make sense > to mention it twice. If the meaning differs (slightly or not), it > should get a local use flag. IIRC the idea behind duplication was not to use a flag for different purposes, but have a generic description in use.desc (like "doc: build additional docs") and give a more detailed description in use.local.desc (like "doc: build API docs and manual as pdf and html"). See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.portage.devel/618 and http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/26035 for the original threads about this. -- Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better.
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