[gobolinux-users] USE flags

[Sean Russell]

Say, could I get a status update on this?

On Thursday 09 February 2006 08:01, Lucas Correia Villa Real wrote:
> > good example of an argument for adopting something like Gentoo's
> > USE flags to determine compile-time dependencies.
>
> As far as I know, there's already support for that on CVS. However,
> I'm not sure about which pieces were merged already.

Was this mere rumor, or is there actually some analog to the USE flags 
in Gobo?  If so, does documentation about it exist?

On a related note, I've been thinking optional patches.  That is, in 
addition to setting "configure" options, use flags would also provide a 
facility for applying optional patches.

Consider, as an example, the Elektra project 
(http://www.libelektra.org/Main_Page), which attempts to provide a 
common registry library to make it easier for developers to manage 
configuration data, and to make it easier for users to configure 
software.  Various people provide patches for popular packages (X, 
init, etc.) so that they use Elektra.  One might want to have an 
elektra use flag which, if detected, would cause Compile to apply a 
patch that enables elektra support.  Another place where this might be 
used is suspend2.

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