On 15/10/2017 16:31, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 10/14/2017 09:30 PM, Dale wrote: >> >> While at it. Is there a tool that tells when USE flags in make.conf is >> either no longer used or doesn't even exist anymore? > > I don't know of one. It doesn't *sound* hard, but you would have to > consider local use flags, flags from overlays, USE_EXPAND flags, > wildcards, USE_ORDER, etc. -- so maybe it's actually hard/slow to do it. > > I found this feature request, > > https://github.com/vaeth/eix/issues/38 > > and I guess that confirms that it's harder than it looks. Checking for > nonexistent flags would be easier than checking for redundant flags > because the latter depends on your package manager configuration. >
There is a suitable tool. It's called grep, copious use of. A suitably complex solution for the complexity of the problem! -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
