This patch is needed for the upcoming x86 1.4 maintenance release, which should start hitting our mirrors in a day or two. You will also notice <tcolumn> tags in this patch. Please leave them in. They are needed for generation of PDF documentation and have been integrated into the DTD.
Created attachment 17577 [details] Patches needed for upcoming 1.4 maint release.
Note: the basic idea is that USE="bindist" hacks are no longer needed, as a new version of Portage (2.0.49-r4) has a major tbz2 bug fixed. No USE flag tricks should be needed, as tbz2s (with -r4) now use the USE flags they were compiled with to figure out whether to enable or disable RDEPENDs. So no more "cabextract" jumping in to xfree if you forget USE="bindist".
I'll take this one
Patch looks good.
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