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Date:      Thu, 28 Mar 2019 20:16:56 -0700
From:      Ultima <ultima1252@gmail.com>
To:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Changes to USE_GNOME to USES=gnome
Message-ID:  <CANJ8om4A1Mz6HQ8sqtu%2BLZrduX2g5wCofzOaj8jQrJimkcCL7A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190328232615.nmx2kdmpqzwhw6ji@atuin.in.mat.cc>
References:  <CANJ8om4VWNZQrLVueY0RUmqiJe9tBKmZFk_Qi3y=afrwhMCvBA@mail.gmail.com> <20190328232615.nmx2kdmpqzwhw6ji@atuin.in.mat.cc>

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Why was the change made to add additional requirements for
using USE_GNOME? I'm not seeing what value this provides.
Is this to make the use of USES followed by USE_* more
standardized?

Best regards,
Richard Gallamore

On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 4:26 PM Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 03:44:45PM -0700, Ultima wrote:
> > Hello ports,
> >
> > USE_GNOME has been deprecated in favor of USES=gnome.
> > My question is that when removing USE_GNOME, USES=gnome
> > takes no arguments, so how do you select which components to
> > use when using USES=gnome, is USE_GNOME still used for this
> > part?
>
> What is deprecated is using USE_GNOME without USES=gnome.  Of course you
> still need USE_GNOME to bring in the components that are required.
>
> --
> Mathieu Arnold
>



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