Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> posted 456DB725.9040402@g.o,
excerpted below, on  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:36:53 -0500:

> Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>> 
>> Duncan wrote:
>>> whatever USE flag removal forcing --newuser rebuild, when I as a
>>> /human/ know it's not needed.
>> 
>> If you're sure you know it's not needed, just edit
>> /var/db/pkg/$cat/$pkg/{USE,IUSE} to reflect that (i.e. if there was
>> arts flag removed and you know the ebuild didn't actually need/use it,
>> remove it from IUSE, and possibly USE) and --newuse won't trigger no
>> more. It's a bit of hack, but works, for user it's the same amount of
>> work as editing some newuse.mask file, for portage developers it's no
>> work :)
>> 
> oi, don't recommend people edit the vdb *cringes*

LOL.  Such a hack didn't occur to me, probably for just that reason (tho
like many hacks, it might prove useful at times, for personal use
only with an appropriate pre-hack backup of course).  It occurs to me that
portage devs may prefer the bit of work to "no work", but having to deal
with the consequential bug biteback should this recommendation enter
common usage.

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