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From: Dave Nebinger <dnebinger@××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ${PORTDIR}/profiles/package.use
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:15:33
Message-Id: 36731.127.0.0.1.1129864161.squirrel@cornholio
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] ${PORTDIR}/profiles/package.use by Mike Frysinger
1 > there is nothing hard about USE="-* cxx" but while most here want to say
2 > 'fuck
3 > the users' (and i'm inclined to agree), i'd rather not field those
4 > bugs/questions/etc...
5
6 The average gentoo newbie is not going to know anything about "-*" in
7 /etc/make.conf. Mostly it's folks that have been around for a system
8 build or two before they start adding the "-*" at the beginning of their
9 USE flags.
10
11 I may be wrong but I don't believe the gentoo install doco even mentions
12 "-*" as part of USE flag setup.
13
14 So basically if only 'experienced', yet misguided, folks are using '-*',
15 then the only bugs to come up from this would be ABKB bugs, leaving them
16 with egg on their face for messing with '-*' in the first place.
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