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Bug 61216 - Ambiguous definition USE="bindinst" ?
Summary: Ambiguous definition USE="bindinst" ?
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: USE Variable HOWTO (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED)
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml
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Reported: 2004-08-21 20:54 UTC by Benoît Segond von Banchet
Modified: 2004-10-17 21:32 UTC (History)
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Description Benoît Segond von Banchet 2004-08-21 20:54:27 UTC 
Flag to enable or disable options for prebuilt (GRP) packages (eg. due to licensing issues)  


This is not clear to me:

1. Which options for prebuilt (GRP) packages does it enable or disable? 
2. Does USE="bindist" enable or disable the intended options under 1? 

Or should the definition be read as: 

Enables distribution of binary packages when source distibution is prohibited (eg. due to licensing issues)?
Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-08-31 11:07:51 UTC 
no, it's not that -- the one example I can think of off-hand is the microsoft core fonts in xfree packages (possibly xorg-x11 as well) where we can NOT distribute those fonts in tbz2 packages on our cds or binary package mirrors.  There, bindist is used to disable those fonts from being included.  If you can think of a better description, I'm happy to hear it.
Comment 2 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-09-18 22:10:03 UTC 
benoit, you see the comment I made above?
Comment 3 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-10-17 21:32:08 UTC 
closing.  Reopen if you decide to make a comment.