423293 – emerge --verbose --tree: group pulled in dependencies by USE flags

Bug 423293 - emerge --verbose --tree: group pulled in dependencies by USE flags

Summary: emerge --verbose --tree: group pulled in dependencies by USE flags

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Enhancement/Feature Requests (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Portage team

URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:

Depends on:
Blocks:

Reported:	2012-06-24 09:46 UTC by Michał Górny
Modified:	2012-06-24 09:46 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required:	---

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.

Description Michał Górny archtester

2012-06-24 09:46:31 UTC

Current state:

[ebuild     U  ] app-office/dia-0.97.2-r1 [0.97.2] USE="cairo gnome* -debug -doc -python" 0 kB
[ebuild  N     ]  gnome-base/libgnomeui-2.24.5  USE="-doc -test" 0 kB
[ebuild  N     ]   gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.24.5  USE="-doc -examples -test" 0 kB
[ebuild  N     ]    gnome-base/libgnome-2.32.1-r1  USE="branding -debug -doc" 0 kB
...


It would be great if it could be something like:

[ebuild     U  ] app-office/dia-0.97.2-r1 [0.97.2] USE="cairo gnome* -debug -doc -python" 0 kB
                  gnome?
[ebuild  N     ]   gnome-base/libgnomeui-2.24.5  USE="-doc -test" 0 kB

i.e. explicitly informing the user which flags pull in which dependencies. Possibly with [nomerge ...] repeats for packages pulled in by more than one flag.