On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:09:32 +0100 "Stuart Herbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | The downside of it (and it's a big one) is that we'd be putting | metadata about a package into a profile, instead of into the ebuild | where arguably it belongs - and where the rest of the metadata already | is.
Except that a USE flag's state isn't metadata. It's something that comes from the profile. | That'll make life harder for folks on o.g.o. Perhaps you should look into getting Portage to allow separate profiles per repository. That'd get around the overlay issues... -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail : ciaranm at ciaranm.org Web : http://ciaranm.org/ as-needed is broken : http://ciaranm.org/show_post.pl?post_id=13
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