Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: moving USE=server to global

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

Steve Long wrote:
>> Yeah -- "server" is way too generic. I've forgotten where else I use it,
>> but when I build "vnc" I use it to get a VNC server. Maybe make a local
>> "vnc-server" USE flag for that one.
>>
>>
> I don't see what is so dangerous about a server flag. After all I don't set
> doc globally, but it is a useful global flag, with clear intent, as would
> be server.
>
> If usr sets server on a box in make.conf, against advice, they still have to
> actually emerge the pkgs they want, after all. So it's not like it's going
> to lead to a mass of bloat (unlike the current setup.)
>
Actually, on my systems, about the only USE flags I *don't* set globally 
in make.conf are "doc", "examples" and "source". There are very few 
conflicts from this, and just about everything in my package.use file is 
either making the documentation and examples or suppressing an option 
for a package where it doesn't work. It turns out to be easier for me to 
manage things that way than to have a humongous package.use and a few 
options in make.conf.
>
>


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