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On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Alexander Hof <gentoodev@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Michael Palimaka |
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>> <kensington@g.o> wrote: |
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>>> On 14/11/14 01:05, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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>>>> Isn't it possible to disable C++ in GCC with USE="-cxx"? |
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>>> It is, but I think if that's disabled you're on your own. :-) |
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>> Perhaps we should add a package.use.force entry for this. Is there any |
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>> reason not to? |
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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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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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I'm not normally one to prevent people from shooting themselves, but |
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in this case the safety would be simple to toggle. |
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