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From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-03 07:48:55


Vladimir Prus wrote:
> Peter Dimov wrote:
>
>> It should certainly be possible to override @file1 from the command
>> line and from @file2 - this has many valid uses.
>
> Could you explain the uses for overriding @file1 from @file2?

A typical use case would be when you have @common that contains the most
'common' options and @specific that adds and overrides some - N+M response
files instead of N*M. Option inheritance. :-)


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