Bug 61216

Summary:	Ambiguous definition USE="bindinst" ?
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	Benoît Segond von Banchet <benoit>
Component:	USE Variable HOWTO	Assignee:	Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) <seemant>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	benoit
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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.