On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:32:31 +0200 Samuli Suominen <ssuomi...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 21/03/13 12:29, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > These packages have inotify as local USE flag: > > > > app-editors/emacs-vcs > > app-misc/recoll > > app-misc/strigi > > dev-libs/ecore > > dev-vcs/git-annex > > media-sound/mpd > > net-im/ekg2 > > net-misc/mediatomb > > sys-fs/aufs2 > > sys-fs/aufs3 > > sys-process/cronie > > > > Should we make it a global flag? What description is better: > > > > inotify - Enable inotify filesystem monitoring support > > inotify - Enable inotify file change notification support > > +1, ... > > ... despite that most of these shouldn't even have a USE flag for > inotify, instead it should always be enabled with 'kernel_linux' and let > the application itself do a runtime check if inotify is available or not > since these have no external dependencies (other than virtual/os-headers) > not everything should be put behind USE flag :-/ net-im/ekg2 fixed. But you should seriously consider opening a bug, at least a common one CC-ing all the remaining maintainers. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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