484070 – =games-board/xboard-4.7.2 should not set REQUIRED_USE

Bug 484070 - =games-board/xboard-4.7.2 should not set REQUIRED_USE

Summary: =games-board/xboard-4.7.2 should not set REQUIRED_USE

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Games (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal QA (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Games

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Keywords:	QAcanfix

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Reported:	2013-09-07 07:45 UTC by Ulrich Müller
Modified:	2013-09-13 01:35 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2013-09-07 07:45:55 UTC

The ebuild sets REQUIRED_USE="?? ( Xaw3d gtk ) xpm? ( !gtk )". REQUIRED_USE was introduced for the case that preference of one flag over another would break reverse USE dependencies. This is not the case here.

Policy reference:
<http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/use-flags/index.html#conflicting-use-flags>
"In order to avoid forcing users to micro-manage flags too much, REQUIRED_USE should be used sparingly. Follow the normal policy whenever it is possible to do a build that will presumably suit the user's needs."