On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 11:32:15PM -0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > I'd like to build slrn with --enable-inews, but that doesn't seem to > be suppored by the ebuild. Is there some way to control autotools > 'configure' options other than USE flags?
Almost all ebuilds using ./configure support reading EXTRA_ECONF to pass additional arguments (done automatically through econf wrapper). e.g. EXTRA_ECONF="--enable-inews" could be added through package.env[1] Can similarly be done for meson and cmake with MYMESONARGS and MYCMAKEARGS if the ebuild is using the meson/cmake eclass. ebuilds with custom systems may sometime use EXTRA_ECONF anyway or some other custom variable (e.g. EXTRA_FFMPEG_CONF), usually seen in the ebuild itself. If you think it's an important option (haven't checked what it's about), could also fill a bug to get it added / supported for the long term. [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/package.env -- ionen
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