On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 5:10 AM, Peter Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello list, > > Can anyone tell me why we have two USE flags for the same thing? Geoloc and > geolocation both switch on geolocation but in different packages. > > This duplication caused me much head-scratching and needless extra work in > trying to install a plasma system without NetworkManager.
Two different developers working on separate packages came up with similar looking USE flags. The GNOME team went with geoloc, while the KDE team went with geolocation. Contact the relevant developers or file a bug if you think they should be consolidated.
