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josephg
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 Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 1:29 am Post subject: use wildcards? |
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can i use wildcards for useflags in portage/package.use etc? for eg, see my firefox useflags below
| Code: | | www-client/firefox bindist custom-cflags custom-optimization ffmpeg gtk2 hwaccel system-cairo system-icu system-jpeg system-libvpx system-sqlite system-harfbuzz system-libevent |
i tried to replace the above line by the following one.. unsuccessfully
| Code: | | www-client/firefox bindist custom-* ffmpeg gtk2 hwaccel system-* |
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Mr. T.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:35 am Post subject: |
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This configuration has a major disadvantage: a user do not know which features are activated looking at package.use.
I believe wildcards are most often used for analysis or for matching known patterns. There are old utilities to handle package.use.
Moreover, a USE flag matches a particular feature. These being said, I do not believe that a software can take advantage of wildcards.
Look at ufed, flaggie, etc. |
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Genone
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Wildcards aren't available for USE flags. |
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