On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:23:25 +0900 Jason Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bug 23826: Give more visibility to ebuilds variables (ALSA_CARDS, > etc.) Just to make it clear if it wasn't: although some comments made it derive toward USE_EXPANDed vars, the above bug was at the begining about advertising any kind of unusual vars that influence ebuilds. Whether they are USE_EXPANDed or not is an internal technical detail that the user should not really care about. I don't even know whether ALSA_CARDS is USE_EXPANDed for instance (at least, the alsa-driver ebuild doesn't use it as such), but what matters to me is that i know i have to list sound drivers for my system there. As for LIRC_OPTS, i'm sure it is not USE_EXPANDed, but still it lacks documentation for people who don't read the ebuilds before emerging them. So i don't think this bug is really relevant in this discussion. It has more to do with the idea (which was in the air at some point iirc) of whitelisting vars that should be allowed to enter the ebuild environment, and the possibility for ebuilds to declare some addition to the standard whitelist. -- TGL. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
