On 31/03/11 09:57, Fabian Groffen wrote: > On 31-03-2011 09:44:37 +0200, justin wrote: >> First is a package specific, second is the default. >> >> And no, asuming the USE is introduced correctly here, it makes a >> difference, whether we take the global meaning -> reading mp3 files at >> all; or changing the way it is done for this package. Because here it >> means, you could not disable mp3 support, but rather choose on which way >> it should happen. > > If a flag is in use.desc (global), then I should be able to put it in my > USE= in my /etc/make.conf. That also means that the flag should only be > used to do exactly as it says in use.desc, and nothing else. > > The package in question here should really use a different USE-flag, > because it is overloading the original (intended?) meaning of the mp3 > USE-flag, leading to possibly unexpected results for the end-user. > > There is nothing unclear on the descriptions here, the same flag is just > used for two different things, which is wrong if the flag is global. > >
Lets stop this discussion, because this doesn't has to do with the topic. All I wanted to do, is illustrating the difference between a missleading or not understandable USE description, to something, where I directly get a clue, what happens if I set it.
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