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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Correct/clarify SSL/TLS-related flags
From:       nado () troglodyte ! be
Date:       2018-01-31 13:16:02
Message-ID: f789112c33ba5328f48dbe71d25b7356 () troglodyte ! be
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January 31, 2018 10:53 AM, "Ulrich Mueller" <ulm@gentoo.org> wrote:
> The gnutls flag doesn't have the meaning "I want gnutls". It has
> the meaning "I prefer net-libs/gnutls as SSL/TLS provider". So with
> USE="-ssl" the gnutls flag is a no-op, and neither the ebuild nor
> the user should have to care about it.
> 
> Ulrich

I agree, it is bothersome to have to add extra negative use flags when it could be ignored.

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Corentin "Nado" Pazdera

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