On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:56:23 -0600, Ryan Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Caleb Cushing wrote: > > > maybe it would be a lot of work. to even develop the tools. but it > > would be nice if a global use flag could have a detailed option. > > this has been discussed a few times before. i think there's even a > bug for it (don't remember the #). > Maybe you're talking about #84884: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84884 I still do quick and dirty syncs of the emerge patch for my own use. It adds 4 options (when in --pretend or --ask mode): * --use-desc-special prints descriptions of global flags overloaded in use.local.desc. I don't use this one since there is currently no such specific description, but it still works. * --use-desc-new prints descriptions of the new ones (yellow "flag%" on packages updates). I use this one when i update world. * --use-desc-local prints descriptions of local flags. I use this one when i'm about to install some new package. * --use-desc-all prints descriptions of all USE flags. I don't think it's much useful, but who knows... Sure, if some Portage dev want to have a look at it, i can clean it up and resubmit it once again. > i keep meaning to look at how other USE-type utils handle it. At least "equery uses pkg/foo" needs to be patched too (or it choose the global description when it finds one). Bug #84884 had a patch for that too, which is easy to sync. -- TGL. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
