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On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 8:22 AM, Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 2:54 AM, Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Then there is no need to think about what is enabled globally or not. |
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>> Point being, use REQUIRED_USE sparingly, and rarely a good idea to |
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>> block things with common global USE flags, or demand a local USE flag |
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>> based on a default enabled global USE flag without locally USE |
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>> defaulting that global flag too - and other such cases. |
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> I didn't really mean for this to turn into a thread about the merits |
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> of REQUIRED_USE; in hindsight I should have left out that first |
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> sentence. |
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> Regardless of the REQUIRED_USE discussion, I don't think it makes |
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> sense to have berkdb and gdbm in USE in make.defaults. I would like to |
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> move them to IUSE defaults or package.use if necessary. |
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I think you should feel free to proceed with such a change. |
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FWIW, disabling these USE flags (and fortran) are among the first |
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changes I made to a new make.conf. |