On Mon, 12 May 2014 12:44:38 -0400 Mike Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Ciaran McCreesh > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, 12 May 2014 17:46:57 +0200 > > Alexander Berntsen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 12/05/14 17:23, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > >> > A flag being present or not in FEATURES does not mean anything, > >> > and if you're assuming that it does then you have a bug. > >> Please try to stay on topic, and don't obfuscate your posts > >> needlessly. > > > > This is on-topic, and it tells you exactly what you need to know to > > understand why your objection is irrelevant. But if you would like > > it made simpler, but less precise: if you are looking at FEATURES > > for anything that is not purely Portage internals, you are doing > > something wrong. > > The idea would be to check for the necessary kernel features from > portage backend code, not from ebuild code.
Why, though? FEATURES doesn't give meaningful information to anything other than Portage internals, so it doesn't matter. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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