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From: Alexander Hof <gentoodev@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Implicit system dependency
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:58:14
Message-Id: 546688FD.4050709@cosmofox.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Implicit system dependency by hasufell
1 hasufell wrote:
2
3 >> Are we talking about forcing +cxx globally or for gcc (+toolchain)?
4 >>
5 >> Has this been a major problem in the past? Shouldn't people who set
6 >> USE="-*" also "know what they are doing"?
7 >>
8 >
9 > * don't ever assume that the user knows what he is doing
10 > * still allow him to break things if he really chooses to
11 > * don't make excuses for gentoo bugs like not properly checking the
12 > toolchain for validity, including necessary package
13 > dependencies/requirements
14
15 +1, that's what I wanted to express.