<cut> > Some worthwhile configuration can't be expressed in terms of high-level > distro features (i.e.: usb, bluetooth, alsa etc...). What about "I want > SSL support, but NOT in library foo". That case can't be covered by > distro feature 'ssl'.
see http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=2 "Declaring USE flags for individual packages" Sometimes you want to declare a certain USE flag for one (or a couple) of applications but not system-wide. ... .." > > Embedded developers are going to need to configure packages for their > own application, if we provide an interface to do it, then that has to > be better than everyone inventing their own methods. Why reinvent the wheel? See above. <cut> This discussion about flags/switches is recurring now and then. It's becoming a classic :) Now, the detractors have argued that those flags would be a nightmare for people packaging feeds, with no way for the package manager to detect those different recipes with the same name. Are we still standing there? Regards Andrea _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
