Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:12:40 +0100 "Stuart Herbert"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| As the default USE flags are metadata about the package (not the
| profile), it makes sense to store that data in the ebuild, along with
| the rest of the package's metadata.
No no on. Default USE flags are a property of the profile. Don't
believe me? Go and have a look in an ebuild, and then in a profile. See
which one specifies defaults for USE flags.
I'm sorry, but Stuart's right. These flags specify what the
"recommended" useflag usage is for a particular version of a package.
The profile's version is specific to a particular tree, or even
architecture. I would indeed argue that a nonempty global package
specific use file in the profile is not needed.
Paul
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