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Bug 448946 - net-misc/vpnc needs a local description of bindist USE-flag
Summary: net-misc/vpnc needs a local description of bindist USE-flag
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Lori
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Reported: 2012-12-27 20:15 UTC by Alexander Berntsen (RETIRED)
Modified: 2012-12-27 23:42 UTC (History)
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Description Alexander Berntsen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-12-27 20:15:07 UTC 
The package has no local description for its bindist USE-flag. This leaves the end-user guessing at what is specifically done. This is *bad*. Users who care enough about licensing and distribution etc. will probably want to know what is specifically going on. For a good example of how to do this, see www-client/firefox.
Comment 1 Christian Faulhammer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-12-27 23:30:14 UTC 
There is a huge warning in the ebuild and shown during emerge...I added that comment nonetheless to give out information beforehand.
Comment 2 Alexander Berntsen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-12-27 23:42:04 UTC 
Some prefer checking on beforehand, e.g. via equery. Thank you for adding it to the local description.