Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Carsten Lohrke <carlo@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Stupid USE defaults that need cleaning
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 19:03:58
Message-Id: 200512262000.31372.carlo@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: Re[2]: [gentoo-dev] Stupid USE defaults that need cleaning by Joe McCann
1 On Monday 26 December 2005 19:36, Joe McCann wrote:
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3 > This whole thread seems to have come from a
4 > misunderstanding of how use.defaults work and 20 min of boredom.
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6 use.defaults are based on the idea that having an ebuild installed should
7 activate the relevant use flag(s) behind the users back. This idea is plain
8 wrong, but has nothing to do with Doug's Christmas day rant.
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11 Carsten