Bug 43444

Summary:	USE-flags for explicit use of new software is wrong
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Hinrik Örn Sigurðsson <hinrik.sig>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED LATER
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Hinrik Örn Sigurðsson 2004-03-01 23:12:21 UTC

I have noticed a few USE-flags for newer versions of packages like xml2 and apache2.

Shouldn't it be the other way around? Shouldn't Portage use the newest version available _unless_ the user wants to keep using the old version? The current situation doesn't make any sense to me...

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-03-01 23:17:46 UTC

yes, but since everything supports the older version and not the newer version, that's how it is

and it should be noted that it works like this:
gtk|gtk2: i want gtk support | if gtk2 support exists, i want that instead
xml|xml2: i want xml support | if xml2 support exists, i want that instead
apache|apache2: i want apache support | if apache2 support exist, i want that instead

since not everything supports the new interfaces yet, we cant switch em around on people