"emerge search 77" should tell user that f77/g77 is a feature, not a package. I was stymied for a long time why there was no fortran compiler. more generically, available USE flags could be searched, too, not just the available packages; perhaps at the end, emerge could write--- also available as USE flag: f77 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Err... not much for this one personally. Searching use flag's via emerge -s seems wrong; viewing use flags is the domain of a tool such as ufed...
well, if I had remember that the fortran compiler g77 was a use flag, I would not have needed a reminder. the problem is I did not remember all the use flags. who would remember that g77 is a use flag, not an application? it's just a friendly short reminder at the end...and it was just a suggestion to reduce dumb user questions like ming from clogging bugzilla. the cost of adding this little note at the end must be trivial. regards, /iaw
the fortran compiler is part of gcc and since we dont usually split packages around here, you should have looked into gcc adding a special case for this to emerge just doesnt sit right
