Bug 109175 – Inconsistancy between equery and portage on contradicting use flags

• Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
• Product: Portage Development

[Description Dylan Vanderhoof 2005-10-13 11:40:31 UTC]

If a use flag in make.conf is contradicted, E.G. -truetype and truetype are 
both set, emerge uses the last instance, and equery uses the first.

Give a USE="-truetype truetype" in make.conf:

Doing an emerge -pv <package> shows -truetype.
However, doing equery uses <package> shows +truetype

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set a contradicting USE flag in /etc/make.conf
2. Try "emerge -pv <package>" for a package that uses that flag
3. Type "equery uses <package>" for the same package

Actual Results:  
emerge and equery show different flag states

Expected Results:  
The states should be the same.

[Comment 1 Paul Varner (RETIRED) 2005-11-11 12:11:59 UTC]

USE="truetype-fonts -truetype-fonts" means truetype-fonts should be turned off

emerge -pv xorg-x11
[ebuild   R   ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6  -3dfx -3dnow +bitmap-fonts -cjk
-debug -dlloader -dmx -doc -font-server -insecure-drivers +ipv6* -minimal -mmx*
+nls -nocxx +opengl +pam -sdk -sse* -static -truetype-fonts* +type1-fonts
(-uclibc) -xprint +xv 0 kB

equery uses xorg-x11
<...>
 - + truetype-fonts   : Build TrueType fonts

Both show it turned off

USE="-truetype-fonts truetype-fonts" means truetype-fonts should be turned on
emerge -pv xorg-x11
[ebuild   R   ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6  -3dfx -3dnow +bitmap-fonts -cjk
-debug -dlloader -dmx -doc -font-server -insecure-drivers +ipv6* -minimal -mmx*
+nls -nocxx +opengl +pam -sdk -sse* -static +truetype-fonts +type1-fonts
(-uclibc) -xprint +xv 0 kB

equery uses xorg-x11
<...>
 + + truetype-fonts   : Build TrueType fonts

Both show it turned on.