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From: Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Implicit system dependency
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:25:26
Message-Id: 20141114172513.cf08c370dbf68105d0ac558a@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Implicit system dependency by Michael Orlitzky
1 On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:10:43 -0500 Michael Orlitzky wrote:
2 > On 11/13/2014 01:13 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
3 > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Michael Palimaka
4 > > <kensington@g.o> wrote:
5 > >> On 14/11/14 01:05, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
6 > >>> Isn't it possible to disable C++ in GCC with USE="-cxx"?
7 > >>
8 > >> It is, but I think if that's disabled you're on your own. :-)
9 > >
10 > > Perhaps we should add a package.use.force entry for this. Is there any
11 > > reason not to?
12 > >
13 >
14 > Under the assumption that gcc[cxx] is needed for the package manager,
15 > you still only need *one* GCC with C++ support. You could have another
16 > slot without C++ for testing or whatever.
17
18 Seconded. Simple practical example (aside from testing) from my
19 system: I need libg2c.so for old crappy fortran software I have to
20 use. That's why I'm keeping sys-devel:3.4[fortran nls] around. I
21 definitely do not need cxx flag here.
22
23 Best regards,
24 Andrew Savchenko