Re: [gentoo-dev] ACE gcc and libc dependency

[Ciaran McCreesh]

On Wed, 4 May 2011 14:09:03 +0300
Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir@×××××.com> wrote:
> > Maybe we should add a new USE flag that will install just the
> > libraries.
>
> (USE="justlibs")

Then you'd have to update nearly every package that deps upon GCC to
have a [-justlibs] dependency. Arguably not so bad for GCC, but in
general it's a huge problem, and it's the reason [client] and [server]
flags aren't popular.

(And if features like those are desired, please don't start updating
zillions of ebuilds with [-blah] flags. Ask for an EAPI feature that
lets flags in IUSE be marked as "require me this way unless something
explicitly says otherwise"...)

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh