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diff --git a/2024-05-07-perl-features-use-expand/2024-05-07-perl-features-use-expand.en.txt b/2024-05-07-perl-features-use-expand/2024-05-07-perl-features-use-expand.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bde92d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/2024-05-07-perl-features-use-expand/2024-05-07-perl-features-use-expand.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +Title: dev-lang/perl useflags become a PERL_FEATURES use-expand +Author: Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> +Posted: 2024-05-10 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 + +Starting with dev-lang/perl-5.38.2-r3, the three use flags "debug", +"ithreads", and "quadmath" of Perl are renamed into a common +use-expand variable, PERL_FEATURES, which should be set *globally* +in make.conf. + +If you do *not* want to change the settings of your Perl, make +sure that the new variable PERL_FEATURES contains the same settings +that were applied to your Perl all along. + +I.e., if you have dev-lang/perl[ithreads] installed, make sure +to now set in make.conf + PERL_FEATURES="ithreads" + +If you *want* to change the settings of your Perl, you may have to +run perl-cleaner after rebuilding dev-lang/perl: + perl-cleaner --modules ; perl-cleaner --force --libperl + +In either case, a full world update + emerge -uDNav world +is recommended and should also bring your system into a consistent +state. + +Background: This change in the structure of the useflags is +intended to solve bug 930123. The three useflags influence not only +how Perl itself is installed, but also all Perl modules... |