Since Node 8, icu and ssl are required to use the v8 inspector. Since this isn't mentioned anywhere, it might be confusing for some users to try to use the debugger and get this message: Inspector support is not available with this Node.js build Because icu isn't enabled. This bug was created because of this PR: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/6218 The PR adds a inspector USE flag with the correct REQUIRED_USE, and sets +icu and +inspector by default. I believe it's the common use case to have the inspector enabled by default. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge nodejs 2. Try to use the debugger 3. Actual Results: Debugger works Expected Results: Inspector support is not available with this Node.js build
"Actual results" and "Expected results" are swapped, sorry about that.
Why do you suggest adding even more USE flags instead of just describing the current ones properly?
From a usability point of view, I think it's counter-intuitive. ICU and SSL offer features that are not tied to the v8 inspector. From a customizability point of view, it allows for inspector to be disabled while still using ICU and SSL, which might be useful for production usage.
(In reply to Rodrigo Saboya from comment #3) > From a customizability point of view, it allows for inspector to be disabled > while still using ICU and SSL, which might be useful for production usage. Fair point.
I added USE=inspector in 8.9.1-r1 and 9.2.0-r1.
