Bug 638562

Summary:	dev-lang/php-7.0.25 does not honor exif use flag in make.conf and package.use/
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	lynx
Component:	Core - Configuration	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description lynx 2017-11-23 12:29:19 UTC

When setting exif use flag either in /etc/portage/make.conf or in /etc/portage/package.use/var it is not recognized when merging the php package. 
Only USE="exif" emerge -av php lets me merge php with exif support.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set exif USE FLAG in /etc/portage/make.conf or in /etc/portage/package.use/var
2. emerge -av dev-lang/php

Actual Results:  
dev-lang/php-7.0.25:7.0::gentoo  USE=" [...] -exif [...]"

Expected Results:  
dev-lang/php-7.0.25:7.0::gentoo  USE=" [...] exif [...]"

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-11-23 13:19:51 UTC

Please post your `emerge --info` output in a comment.

Comment 2 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2017-11-23 15:07:39 UTC

Works fine for me.

You are probably disabling exif somewhere else under /etc/portage. Try running grep -R exif /etc/portage to find it.