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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Global USE Flag RFC: oracle
From:       Stuart Herbert <stuart () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2004-06-28 17:51:59
Message-ID: 200406281851.59354.stuart () gentoo ! org
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On Monday 28 June 2004 18:12, Don Seiler wrote:
> I propose making 'oracle' a global USE flag.  Yes we already have
> 'oci8', but oci8 really should only pertain to Oracle 8i support.  The
> change is more notable when packages like PHP have both --with-oci8 and
> --with-oracle configurations that do different things.
>
> I'm going to change dev-db/tora to use oracle instead of oci8, and
> recommend that packages with option Oracle support use the 'oracle' USE
> flag.
>
> Please let me know what you guys think.

As part of the PHP5 work, I've added an 'oracle7' flag to denote Oracle 
support.  I'm not sure a generic 'oracle' USE flag is practical - at least, 
not for PHP.

Best regards,
Stu
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