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On 11/14/2014 11:42 PM, Alexander Hof wrote: |
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> Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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>>> There are people that don't want c++ and gcc:4.7 can still bootstrap |
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>>> without. |
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>>> |
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>> Those people "know what they are doing" and could un-force the use |
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>> flag. That would prevent people from accidentally disabling it via |
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>> USE="-*". |
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> Are we talking about forcing +cxx globally or for gcc (+toolchain)? |
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> Has this been a major problem in the past? Shouldn't people who set |
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> USE="-*" also "know what they are doing"? |
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* don't ever assume that the user knows what he is doing |
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* still allow him to break things if he really chooses to |
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* don't make excuses for gentoo bugs like not properly checking the |
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toolchain for validity, including necessary package |
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dependencies/requirements |
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